How much to charge?

[DamaNegra]

Hey, I hope someone over here could help me. I've recently learned how to make ebooks (epub and mobipocket formats), and I've already got a small publishing house asking me to put their 7 titles in both formats. Since I'm fairly new at this, I was wondering what would be the standard rate for such a job? How much could I fairly charge for this job?

[thothguard51]

Get the money up front before you do any work...

[Dodge]

It varies - There are folks who will do it for $25 (per book/Kindle specific is an extra $10) and it goes up from there. So I would think mid level could be around $50 - $100? I could be wrong since I use one person only.

As thothguard51 already said, get your pay upfront or work in milestones; meaning get paid in pieces as work is done. Also outline a contract on what you WILL do and what you WON'T do/expectations/etc..

[Medievalist]

Keep in mind for ePub that if they want to have the book available via iBooks it has to pass the iBooks formatting check.

[DamaNegra]

Thanks, all! I'll keep the contract and the upfront parts in mind :)

[rickee]

I have a somewhat similar problem in that I'm planning to put a book I'm working on now at a cheapo price on Smashwords; however, I also have three other books on that site which, unless I'm wrong, will have to be priced at $9.95, as they are on Kindle and my publishers site. Is this something I have to grin and bear?