Rates, Payment & Contract

Rates

Allograph works on either an hourly rate or flat fee basis. Hourly rate excludes tax where applicable, administration, printing, mailing, communications, and travel.

Productivity

The number of pages per hour determines our quotation and this varies according to several factors.

§ Condition and complexity of the manuscript or document.

§ Your editing requirements and specifications.

§ Additional research and re-writing required.

§ Specialised knowledge we might bring to the project.

Excludes services quoted separately: fact checking, picture research, permissions, production co-ordination, creating or recasting tables or figures, mark-up and project editing.

some examples

The amounts below are for guidance only. Quotations may vary widely from amounts given. Assumes that the suggested changes will be made by author.

Business Documents

§ Four page business document of 1000 words

Structural and copy editing: $200
Proof reading: $60

§ Web site copy editing of text document, 250-500 words (not html):

Basic copy editing for grammar and punctuation: $35-50
Editing copy to include search engine keywords: $45-65
In html: add $30

Books

§ Quick Manuscript Critiques

Manuscript of 250 pages single spaced - 62 000 words

Readers Report: $325 – $415
Manuscript Evaluation: $360– $495

§ Book Editing

Manuscript of 250 pages - 62 000 words

Structural editing: $2950

Copy editing:        $1850

Proof reading:       $1300

Payment Terms

On initial assignment for amounts over $1000, half the fee is payable in advance. For amounts under $1000, full fee is payable in advance.

On subsequent assignments over $1000, payment is in three stages: 1/3 on starting; 1/3 on submission of first version; and balance on final acceptance.

Invoices due and payable on submission.

Quotations are valid for 30 days, and we reserve the right to change our rates without notice.

Interest at 2% per month is added to overdue amounts.

Request a FREE estimate

Send us five sample pages of your manuscript, with a response to these questions, to:

info ("at" sign) allograph dot ca

Payment Methods

For clients in Canada and the USA:

§ Cheques:
We mail or email you an invoice. Cheques should be payable to Allograph, and mailed to our Vancouver address.

§ Credit card, debit card or Paypal account:
We send an invoice to your email address, with instructions how to use Paypal.

For clients outside North America:

§ Credit card, debit card or Paypal account.
We send an invoice to your email address, with instructions how to use Paypal

Learn about PayPal here.

Contract

We use the customizable Standard Editorial Freelance Agreement from the Editors’ Association of Canada, that covers most options offered by editors.

Click to download blank contract.