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Subject:Re: What does $3 a page mean to you? From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 21 Apr 2004 23:48:08 -0400
Mike O. wrote:
> Bonnie Granat wrote:
>> Does it mean $3 per manuscript page that you edit?
>> Does it mean $3 per final book page?
>> The publisher for whom I just edited a book quoted "$3 a page" as
the
>> rate, and I assumed it was per manuscript page. Now that I'm
getting
>> ready to submit my invoice I'm told to "Please take the total
>> manuscript pages and multiply by .75 to get the
>> book pages."
>>
>> I've written to the publisher...
>
> Just skip all the debate and send them an invoice ASAP for "$3 per
> page edited." Don't add anything about book pages vs. manuscript
> pages; and
> don't discuss it any more with them by phone or in writing.
>
> Once you have an invoice on the table then you have a leg to stand
on.
> Either they pay it or they don't. If they don't then at least you
know
> what your options are. Hey, maybe they'll just pay it.
>
There is no debate. I think it's too late to do what you suggest,
Mike, inasmuch as I have already raised the issue in e-mail. I've
never spoken to them on the phone. Sending them an invoice after our
exchange would not be appropriate. --
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