A career in proofreading can be a rewarding one, both financially and in terms of job satisfaction. Read it backward to spot any spelling mistakes. Look out for homonyms words that share the same spelling and pronunciation. Review carefully for punctuation mistakes. Some say proofreading is easy, but it involves more than finding misspelled words and detecting punctuation errors.
Professional proofreading involves checking for correct grammar and word usage too. Try your hand at proofreading to see how many errors you can spot. A proofreader is someone who examines a manuscript for errors in spelling, grammar, and sentence structure after an editor has gone over the work for tone and style. Freelance proofreading also allows you to decide how much or how little work you want to do and to decide which clients you want to work with. Enter the proofreader.
Although the same thing can happen to proofreaders who spend a lot of time working on one particular piece of content, they are still able to catch mistakes because they are not the creators of the content. Editors plan, coordinate, and revise material for publication in books, newspapers, or periodicals or on websites.
Editors review story ideas and decide what material will appeal most to readers. During the review process, editors offer comments to improve the product and suggest titles and headlines. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel. Would you like a free trial?
The two main options in the world of freelance proofreading are per hour and per word: Per Hour — Charging per hour is a simple way of working out your rates.
However, it does mean you need to give clients an accurate estimate of how long each job will take. If you misjudge this, you will need to either renegotiate part way through a job which your client may not appreciate or undercharge for the extra hours you work. Most freelancers either quote per word or per 1, words. However, you may need to adjust the rate depending on the complexity of the job at hand. How complex the job is e. Whether you are working in a specialist subject area e.
The type of client e. A freelance career with Proofed has many other advantages, too, such as: Being able to take on as much or as little work as you want. Being able to work where you want and when you want.
Flexibility to volunteer pursue other interests alongside your paid work. Developing skills that you can use with other clients. This section will outline the three main options in setting rates including editing and ghostwriting rates for you to consider. Novice proofreaders will sometimes start their careers by offering their services per hour.
In an industry such as editing, hourly rates are not necessarily the best choice for newbies. For one, you are not yet able to assess a manuscript accurately and charge the correct hourly rate. What often happens is that proofreaders misjudge the time they need for a project, which results in ultimately over-invoicing the client or not getting paid enough for their work.
To avoid this situation, look at the rates charged by experienced editors and keep in mind that they might work faster due to their experience. You can also start time-tracking yourself to better gauge your speed and formulate a better proofreading rate.
The only projects that commonly warrant an hourly rate are short manuscripts, projects that are not very complex or already complete. Even inexperienced proofreaders should be able to assess the time needed to complete these projects without a problem.
Manuscript pages are usually quite standardized, which is why you can set your rate per page. An average page of a well-formatted manuscript should be:. As such, you can work out the number of pages if it's not already provided by asking the author for the full word count and divide it by You can also think about how long it takes for you to proofread a page, so setting your rate per page is usually a derivation of other kinds of rate-setters.
The big difference comes when you have a children's book author or a graphic novel, which doesn't quite match the per page word count. Among proofreaders, the most popular charging method is per word. While most professionals base their prices on single words, it's common to quote per 1, words as it's less confusing for clients. The following are average quotes given by experienced proofreaders for a 60,word book of a few different genres:.
As you can see, the numbers indicate that average rates will fluctuate between genres. Though that is not the only factor at play here. As a rule of thumb, proofreading rates for science, medical, and technical materials are higher than anything else in the mainstream publishing sector. If you have a background in one of these fields, chances are that your expertise will lead to higher rates. On the other end of the spectrum are the social sciences and projects that fall into the trade publishing category.
If you work with indie authors, you get a chance to set your own rate rather than follow the industry average. Apart from a project's category or genre, what other reason would you have to deviate from your base rate? Not all manuscripts are created equal, which is why it is important to get an accurate overview of the project you are about to start on.
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