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Subject:Re: Price Range for User Manual From:Margaret Spurgin <mspurgin -at- IS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 24 Jul 1997 12:31:31 -0500
I'm interested in this topic. I'd appreciate it if people would respond
to the list.
- Margaret Spurgin
Matthew J Long wrote:
>
> This post is primarily a question for those who have done a lot of
> contract work for small software companies.
>
> I have heard that most people bid their freelance contracts by the job
> rather than by the hour. Assuming that this is true (and let me know if it
> is not), what would you charge to develop a user manual?
>
> I am aware that it is a lot more complicated than that, but I need a
> bottom line ASAP. I have a potential client who is going to ask me what I
> charge to develop a user manual for a piece of software. I am too new at
> freelancing to give her a good idea of even a ballpark figure. I could
> tell her that I charge $X dollars per hour, but, like sombody else on the
> list said, she will then feel like the clock is ticking as long as they
> don't have the manual in hand.
>
> Also, does anbody charge by the page, and if so how do your clients like
> that method of bidding a job? I heard of sombody charging $200 bucks
> per page for government docs (whatever those are). Does that actually
> happen?
>
> I would appreciate as much detail as you can provide, but please respond
> to me off the list. (unless others want this info!)
>
> TIA
>
> -Matt
>
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