I need an editor for my philosophy book
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I will need an objective eye to pare it down - to cut on redundancies and/or shorten lengthy paragraphs into few cogent sentences, for instance.
Does this interest you? I have a $200 budget for this. The deadline will be at the beginning of August. I am attaching here a sample doc and see whether you are familiar with the interlocutors and the terrain
Lope L.
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Hi Lope,
I'd just like to inform you that 173,000 words takes about 58 hours to read through and proofread at a quick pace. Cutting the work down by 43,000 words would take even longer.
In fact, how long would it actually take you to just read the work, let alone edit it? Probably $200 wouldn't even cover that amount of time. You should think about these things when you're proposing a fee, in order to not suggest something ridiculous.
The people who bid on this job will mostly be from countries where 0.29 per hour is an acceptable rate, or people who are otherwise desperate for money. There will be very few proposals from others.
You should not in good conscience expect people to work for this amount.
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Hi Lope - so do you now need a final proofread? NB It would cost around $550
Lope L.03 May 2018Thank you for your email. I just got word from the publishing house that they are able to accommodate my 173,000 word-count manuscript. So, I'll stay as is. Sorry for the hassle. Be well.
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Hi Lope, I've taken a look at your sample, thank you, and can see that 40-50k words could reasonably be pared off by a an experienced editor. However, this would need to be an intensive line-by-line edit as well as a substantive edit which is skilled and lengthy work, compounded by the complex, intellectual language and subject. $200 is impossibly low for any serious editor - are you able to revise this? Also can you clarify - is this book intended for an academic/specialist audience or a more general audience? If more general, it may be possible to make cuts at the more arcane end of your content as well as necessary to edit for increased readability for the non-expert. But not for $200!
Lope L.03 May 2018Thank you for your email. I just got word from the publishing house that they are able to accommodate my 173,000 word-count manuscript. So, I'll stay as is. Sorry for the hassle. Be well.
Jennifer D.03 May 2018That's good news for you and thank you for letting me know. Do get in touch if you need need anything further down the line.
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As much as this sounds a very interesting project, I couldn’t possibly work on it for you, as your budget is shockingly low. A professional editor would charge around 9x the amount you are offering. It would take around 80 hours to edit a manuscript of that size. Sorry! Can you increase it?
Lope L.03 May 2018Thank you for your email. I just got word from the publishing house that they are able to accommodate my 173,000 word-count manuscript. So, I'll stay as is. Sorry for the hassle. Be well.