Re: Price Range for User Manual

Subject: Re: Price Range for User Manual
From: Kathy <kathy -at- HALCYON -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 14:54:58 -0700

I'm also interested and would like to read the responses.


>I'm interested in this topic. I'd appreciate it if people would respond
>to the list.
>
>- Margaret Spurgin
>
>Matthew J Long wrote:
>>
>> This post is primarily a question for those who have done a lot of
>> contract work for small software companies.
>>
>> I have heard that most people bid their freelance contracts by the job
>> rather than by the hour. Assuming that this is true (and let me know if it
>> is not), what would you charge to develop a user manual?
>>
>> I am aware that it is a lot more complicated than that, but I need a
>> bottom line ASAP. I have a potential client who is going to ask me what I
>> charge to develop a user manual for a piece of software. I am too new at
>> freelancing to give her a good idea of even a ballpark figure. I could
>> tell her that I charge $X dollars per hour, but, like sombody else on the
>> list said, she will then feel like the clock is ticking as long as they
>> don't have the manual in hand.
>>
>> Also, does anbody charge by the page, and if so how do your clients like
>> that method of bidding a job? I heard of sombody charging $200 bucks
>> per page for government docs (whatever those are). Does that actually
>> happen?
>>
>> I would appreciate as much detail as you can provide, but please respond
>> to me off the list. (unless others want this info!)
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> -Matt
>>
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>Margaret Spurgin
>Integrity Solutions, Inc.
>mailto:mspurgin -at- is -dot- com
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