How Much For A...?
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- Atkinson
I've been asked to design a 32pp book [mainly image / drawing based] for a huge event. Great advertising for me. They have a minimal budget. It's an event that I really like anyway, so I'm willing to do a less expensive than normal job for them.
Including design, meetings and and litho print [newspaper / other similar lo-fi type publication], either BW / colour, what kind of ball park figure would you say? Based on the fact it'll be 'mates rates'.
- animatedgif0
They can afford a huge event but have "no money"
hmmmmmmm
- a trade show is a huge event, maybe they got a tiny boothalbums
- monospaced0
Hate to say it, but this is a simple "time x rate" equation.
- Llyod0
advertising only works if they can read your name
- vaxorcist0
first question: Do they already have a look/feel? If not, you're NOT just "doing a 32pp book" you're inventing an identity AND doing a 32pp book....
- Atkinson0
yes they have an identity. It's a charity / arts organisation so the budget has been cut massively by the government. The event is large, the majority of their money goes towards paying international artists to make work.
I have a lot of control over the content of the book.
- fredddddd0
Do you contribute anything, or just "design" the book?
If you have the time and want to do it, maybe $3-400 is fair + printing costs?
- US Dollars?? Might as well work at McDonalds probably make more per hour...ArmandoEstrada
- Its only 32 pages. $800?fredddddd
- per page right?timeless
- fadein110
why can't you answer your own question?
you have mentioned all the relevant factors involved.
go with your gut feeling = commonsense x hourly rate.- +1monospaced
- I can answer it, just curious to see how people here would answer the same questionAtkinson
- robotron3k0
Meh. Non-profits are a pain and a print job won't get you much klout now-a-days, it would be better to design their site. Tell them you'll do it for free and negotiate yourself a spot as one of their visting "international artists" and THEN ask them to pay you for your art work.
- bjladams0
I'd have to agree with fadein - you're the one that knows what your investment is going to be in it, and should be the one that can decide what return you'll get - whether by publicity or immediate revenue... for the rest of us, it's just a guessing game.
- clearThoughts0
Looks like you want to do it. Just go for it,
- fredddddd0
Maybe sit down and talk with them about it. Tell them that you're going to give them a 30% discount of what you'd normally charge.
- fredddddd0
How much would you people charge for a 32pp book [mainly image / drawing based] for a small client in a normal circumstance.
- vaxorcist0
I think the price is less important than the level of responsiveness-committment. You might ask their budget, then say something like Well, for a commercial client, I'd charge $x, your budget is $y, and I'd love to work with you, as long as we can have only X number of meetings, and there's only 1 person who can okay or veto an idea, and you respect my time, so I can respond in 48 hours, not 15 minutes to various little questions.
- the one person thing is a good idea, and limited meetings, thanksAtkinson
