Simple question... how much is reasonable?

[John Bartol <johnbartol -at- shaw -dot- ca>]

I recently switched careers and have just finished my first contract (I 
have a couple more on the horizon.. maybe 2 weeks out).

In the meantime, I've been 'practicing' with different types of documents. 
One document I played with was a two page instruction sheet for a canoeing 
accessory that I purchased (the instructions that were provided were 
abysmal).

Anyway, I rewrote the instructions to match reality (a great improvement :-) 
. I just found out that the manufacturer (a) wrote the instructions in- 
house and (b) is going to rewrite them (it looks like there are other 
products requiring instruction rewrites also).

I want to approach them and offer to do the work for them. What is a 
'reasonable' rate for this type of work? (small business, not a large 
number of copies of each instruction sheet need to be generated, I want to 
expand my repertoire and portfolio) Heck, I'd even be interested in trading 
the work for canoeing equipment :-)

I'd appreciate any suggestions.

John.


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