Copyeditors' Knowledge Base

Business Tools

• “Academic Copyediting Rates: or, What to Expect When Hiring a Copyeditor”
• AgentQuery, a searchable database of literary agents
• Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even If You Hate Marketing and Selling [reference work to buy]
• Code of Fair Practice, defining ethical standards and providing contract guidelines for editorial freelancing
• Common rates for editorial services, as reported by members of the Bay Area Editors' Forum
• Common rates for editorial services, as reported by members of the Editorial Freelancers Association
• Common rates for editorial services, as reported by members of the National Union of Journalists (United Kingdom)
• Common rates for editors, as reported by members of the Northwest Independent Editors Guild
• Common rates for editors and proofreaders, as reported by members of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (United Kingdom)
• Common rates for freelancers of various kinds, as reported in Freelance Forecast 2009, a survey produced by Boomvang Creative Group
• Common rates (annual income) for medical writers and editors, as reported by members of the American Medical Writers Association in 2007
• Common rates for technical, business, trade, medical, science, and corporate editors, as reported by Suite101.com
• Common rates for writers, editors, and proofreaders, as reported by members of the National Writers Union
• Contract between editor and book publisher
• Creatively Self-Employed: How Writers and Artists Deal with Career Ups and Downs [reference work to buy]
• Escape From Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur [reference work to buy]
• Freelance editing contract (in English and in French) from the Editors' Association of Canada
• Freelancing 101: Launching Your Editorial Business [reference work to buy]
• Get a Freelance Life [reference work to buy]
• Getting Started as a Freelance Copyeditor [reference work to buy]
• “Handling the Slow-Pay Client,” from the blog Words/Myth/Ampers & Virgule
• “How to Budget for an Irregular Income,” from the blog Get Rich Slowly
• “How Much Should I Charge?” (from WritersMarket.com)
• How the IRS differentiates between freelancers (also known as independent contractors) and employees: document 1, document 2, and document 3
• “How to Avoid the Feast-or-Famine Cycle,” from the blog Freelance Folder
• How to Be a Rockstar Freelancer [reference work to buy]
• “How to Deal with Too Much Work,” from the blog Freelance Folder
• Inkwell Editorial: e-books on freelancing [reference works to buy]
• KOK Edit: freelancer–client agreement letter
• KOK Edit: freelancer project estimate for a client
• My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire [reference work to buy]
• The Principles of Successful Freelancing [reference work to buy]
• “Productivity Tips for Freelancers with Toddlers Underfoot,” from the blog Freelance Folder
• “Some Questions to Ask About Potential Work,” compiled by freelance editor Anne Ketchen
• Titivillus: Developing a business plan
• The Unlimited Freelancer [reference work to buy]
• The Wealthy Freelancer: 12 Secrets to a Great Income and an Enviable Lifestyle [reference work to buy]

 
 

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