Click here to add text.
Cost/Benefit Analysis
Day 1

200 pages @ $3.25/pg

Reporter A with Scopist         Reporter B without
Earns              $650.00                                        $650.00
Pays Scopist
$1.00/pg.         - 200.00                                         - 0.00
Day 1 Total     $450.00                                    $650.00

Day 2

200 pages @ $3.25/pg.

Reporter A with Scopist         Reporter B without
Earns                     $650.00                      Takes self off
Pays Scopist                                               books to edit
$1.00/pg.               -200.00                            own work
Day 2 Total         $450.00                                  $0.00

Final Comparison:
Reporter A makes $900.00 with a 100% tax deduction of $400.00.

Reporter B makes $650.00.

Plain and simple, if you are taking yourself off the books to edit your own work, you are losing money!