Re: Contract for a book

[strickla -at- airmail -dot- net]

Hi,

You can figure a maximum of 4 hours per page for research, typesetting,
and proofing. However, as you are a SME, you will probably keep the per
page time under 2 hours. At $50 per hour, that is $5000. Pretty cheap, I
think. But you can charge what you like. They are probably looking to pay
you whatever your rate calculates in hours presently. If you are making
$60K per year, that is about $30/hour.

Bob

> I am on my way out the door at this job, but before I leave, the Marketing
> department wants me to write a book for them.  They want it to be a short
> 'Dummies Guide'  (48 pages,) but are willing to let me keep author credit
> and pay me a contract rate. If they went with someone else, they would
> have
> to spend more time and money on training that person. I'm already an SME
> on
> the theme for the book.
>
>
>
> Since this is the first time I've ever considered this type of proposal, I
> am completely stumped when it comes to how much I should charge for
> writing
> the book. I know that the book is to be used 'mostly' as marketing
> collateral, so asking for a percentage of sales would be rather worthless.
> I have though about charging per page, or per hour.  I know it should take
> about 3 weeks of full time work to do the research and writing, so I could
> have a decent estimate on the cost if I charged by the hour.
> Unfortunately,
> I'm not sure what that hourly rate should be.
>
>
>
> Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. I seem to remember a similar
> thread some time back, but I couldn't find it in the archive.
>
>
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
> Robert Armstrong
>
>
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