Post by Editor1 on Mar 15, 2017 11:43:13 GMT -5
I haven't worked for other editing companies so I can't share experience there, but here is one tip that I've thought about and that I'd like to share.
The FAQ in the AJE wiki specifically says that we can work anywhere we'd like and offer the same services we provide at AJE (see screen grab below). In short, this is one of the few things AJE uses to try to make it seem like we are all legitimate independent contractors and not actual employees of the company.
So we might as well take advantage of this, right? I don't know about the material that you guys edit, but it's not uncommon for authors in the manuscripts that I see to include their email addresses in the body of their manuscript.
AJE charges somewhere between $220 - $450 for most articles (and more or less for the extremely long or short ones).
That's a lot of money, especially if you aren't in a Western country like we're used to. We can save these researchers money and give them faster service at the same time. All you have to do is email the author directly, mention that you were the independent contractor that worked on their paper for AJE, ask if they were satisfied with the work, and then offer to do their work directly in the future. They can pay you directly instead of going through AJE and you can charge half of what AJE charges, which will will still be two or three times as much as we are paid by AJE.
The downside for them is that they don't get the second pass by the quality control editor and they don't get the cheesy certificate of approval from AJE, but as long as you do a good job, they'll likely be quite happy with the quality and save a lot of their grant (or personal) money too.
Just a thought!
The FAQ in the AJE wiki specifically says that we can work anywhere we'd like and offer the same services we provide at AJE (see screen grab below). In short, this is one of the few things AJE uses to try to make it seem like we are all legitimate independent contractors and not actual employees of the company.
So we might as well take advantage of this, right? I don't know about the material that you guys edit, but it's not uncommon for authors in the manuscripts that I see to include their email addresses in the body of their manuscript.
AJE charges somewhere between $220 - $450 for most articles (and more or less for the extremely long or short ones).
That's a lot of money, especially if you aren't in a Western country like we're used to. We can save these researchers money and give them faster service at the same time. All you have to do is email the author directly, mention that you were the independent contractor that worked on their paper for AJE, ask if they were satisfied with the work, and then offer to do their work directly in the future. They can pay you directly instead of going through AJE and you can charge half of what AJE charges, which will will still be two or three times as much as we are paid by AJE.
The downside for them is that they don't get the second pass by the quality control editor and they don't get the cheesy certificate of approval from AJE, but as long as you do a good job, they'll likely be quite happy with the quality and save a lot of their grant (or personal) money too.
Just a thought!
