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Q&A How much per page? Is this a ripoff?

A 100,000 word manuscript in standard format would be 400 pages long. At $300/page, the cost for this editor would be $120,000. Yuh. That's high. I'm guessing that your friend heard the editor's...

posted 7y ago by Dale Hartley Emery‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:10:18Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Dale Hartley Emery‭ · 2019-12-08T07:10:18Z (almost 5 years ago)
A 100,000 word manuscript in standard format would be 400 pages long.

At $300/page, the cost for this editor would be $120,000.

Yuh. That's high.

I'm guessing that your friend heard the editor's fee incorrectly, and it's closer to $3.00 per page.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-10-16T22:29:08Z (about 7 years ago)
Original score: 10