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[hfrancis]

I recently responded to a post on Dave's cafe for an online (overseas)instructor. As it turns out, the guy is also looking for someone to do some editing work and also some writing/editing for children's books. He claims to have published books before and I don't really have any reason to doubt him, but he wants to start by paying me to do piece work. He says a contract is in the process of being drafted. He recently e-mailed me a document about 5 pages long and asked me to proofread and edit the text and to get back to him with a cost for my services.

The first question I have for any of you who care to respond is... Does any of this sound familiar/dodgy to anyone? I've spoken to him several times via Skype and we have been corresponding through e-mail and my gut tells me it's legitimate. If it is, what and how should I charge? Per hour? Per document? Per page? 40K Won, 30K Won? I know this whole thing sounds a bit half-baked, but I'm guessing it's the first time he has had someone out of country doing this type of work. Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.

[Skyblue]

[thegadfly]

I used to do it for 65k won an hour -- I charged an hourly rate rather than a per-page rate because some pages were quick and some pages were error-heavy. This was about ten years ago, in Seoul, legal and above-board at my place of employment (it was termed an "additional administrative duty," and I was paid a different rate than my normal administrative rate....which was different than my overtime-teaching rate...which was different than my base salary rate...yeah, lotsa math on my old paychecks at the time...).

[hfrancis]

Thanks for your input. My pay won't be taxed as far as I know. I requested 50K Won/hour. I'll see what happens.