Expert: Graham Thomas - 3/18/2009

Question
Hello, Graham.

I see by your answer to another questioner, that you do "some editing" (in the UK).

God only knows why, but the rule of thumb always seems to have been that "what cost a dollar in the US costs a pound in the UK. So. What about book editing (General and Copy) in the UK? In the US, General Editing seems to cost around $0.04 per word. and copy-editing, $0.01.  Can you give me an however broad idea of what these services cost in the UK today?

Dan  

Answer
Hi Dan

We generally charge editing on an hourly basis here at £25.00... We would expect someone to edit 1000 words at least in that time..

I have not differentiated betweeen book and copy editing...

A publisher might give you a better idea overall...

Graham