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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/6443
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I plan to self publish a book (non fiction). Currently I have 150.000 characters, but when it's done I will end up with around 250.000. I am not a native english speaker but write the book in english, so I want to pay somebody to edit my book. Although my target audience are software developers, it is an "pretty easy" read for everybody. It is basically non-technical, more explaining "how to" work instead of "how to solve technical problems".

I have learned you can have an editor in two ways:

1. Editors for proof reading, grammar correction etc only
2. Editors who does 1) plus giving tipps on improving the readability, caring on logical errors etc

I have already learned how I might find a [native speaking editor](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/2529/how-do-i-find-an-affordable-editor). I would like to calculate the expenses for my book but do not know how much an Editor takes for such a job and how long it would take to complete it. Some raw estimations from your experience would be great.

**UPDATE:**

Because comments to this question explained me that nobody calculates in Characters (except me :-)), I counted words:

The current document has around 30.000 words, but I expect around 50.000 when it is ready. When I copy the text into Word for Mac, it shows me 49 pages. I tend to think they will become around 90 when I am done.

Original score: 6