Robin Szemeti
Wed, 28 Feb 2001 15:10:33 -0800
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, you wrote: > David Cantrell [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth: > *>I've been approached to do some paid tech-reviewing, of a manual for a > *>Linux security product. I have *no* idea how I should charge for this, > *>or indeed how much. Does one usually do it per thousand words or > *>something? > > AW usually offers an honoraria of several hundred dollars for principal > reviewers of their books which, depending on the book, could be nothing in > exchange for your time if you do a lot of fact checking, etc. So, > depending on the publisher, it is mostly a labour of love and not > something you charge by the word. > > *>It's basically making sure that it reads OK when translated into English > *>by the German authors, and requires no knowledge of the product itself, > *>but does - obviously - require some familiarity with the subject. > > Think of it as adding to the pool of quality publications and see what > they are willing to offer. It really depends on the publisher. umm .. strikes me this is not so much about a book publisher as a software vendor wanting to get their documentation sorted out. They'll expect to pay normal consultant rates I would imagine as they are in the software business not the book business. The security market is lucrative so I doubt they are on their last pennies, but they aren;t expecting you to write the stuff. Ii'd go for a 'low contract rate' sort of figure. I have no knowledge to base this on, just my gut feeling. I know in the publishing world people do things for ludicrously samll amounts, but thats because you can usually find a starving author that will do it for pennies, but if you assume that they need to know at least a little about the Linux security model then that kinda narrows it down a bit dunnit. -- Robin Szemeti The box said "requires windows 95 or better" So I installed Linux!