RE: Re: What does $3 a page mean to you?

Subject: RE: Re: What does $3 a page mean to you?
From: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: 22 Apr 2004 17:22:47 GMT


I have to withdraw my earlier comment about "in the
absence of a specific definition of a page." They
not only defined the term they sent you specific
instructions on how to invoice the project. "Book
page" and "manuscript page" are, "industry standard"
terms in publishing. The .75/1.25 rule is also a
standard "rule of thumb" in that industry, because
trying to calculate the actual ratio of converting
an 8.5x11 (or A4 if you're European) to a smaller
book page would be excrutiating.

Now, the next question: was the material they sent
you in book form or manuscript form? If they sent
it to you in book form, then the number of pages
you edited is the number of pages you bill for.
If they sent it to you in manuscript form, then
one book page is .75 of each page you edited, which
means you should be invoicing them for 125 book pages
for every 100 manuscript pages they sent you. To
calculate the number of book pages from manuscript
pages, you *divide* manuscript page count by .75, not
multiply it.

Either someone at the publisher has made a math error,
or they *are* trying to rip you off.

Gene Kim-Eng



------- Original Message -------
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:53:52 -0400 Bonnie Granat wrote:
The client's response:


"It does have the sentence: Enclosed please find the text files and
figure printouts for the above title. Assuming payment of $3 per book
page, plese edit and code this book in Microsoft Word, using the
copyediting guidelines, production guidelines, and coding styles."


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