Re: Royalties for technical editing

[Fabien Vais <phantoms -at- POP -dot- TOTAL -dot- NET>]

I have done some technical _writing_ for royalties in the past. I knew the
guy who created the software well, and I knew he wouldn't rip me off. But it
was still a leap of faith. The guy was serious and excellent, but he was
practically broke, so I did not get paid _anything_ up front! Just a flat
amount every time he sold one of his software packages. It turned out that I
made much, MUCH (we're talking A LOT...!) more money than I would have made
if he had paid me my regular rate for the job. But then again, I guess I was
lucky...

Fabien Vais

At 04:59 PM 1/22/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Any recommendations for books that discusss the pros/cons of doing
>technical editing for, say, an up front advance plus some percentage of the
>books receipts?
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>I have the 1988 edition of The Writer's Legal Companion by Brad Bunnin and
>Peter Beren but that describes royalties from the author's perspective.
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>I also have Technical Editing by Judy Tarutz, but do not recall seeing any
>discussion of royalties.
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