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Upwork lists Janet Boast Books (independent Amazon KDP self-publishing operation of author Janet Boast, run by "Chris") at $14k in client spend.
$13,644 in published client spend across 50 contracts. The full read below — free.
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What the blended average hides
Don't trust any single hourly average — most hourly work is commodity-level at about $6–$16/hr, while the headline money comes from fixed-price illustration and substantive editing ($270–$600 per book); the higher per-assignment pay is concentrated in illustration/editing, not in routine formatting or VA hours.
Where the work actually is
All 50 contracts by category. Marketing & content leads with 18 of 50 contracts.
Hiring right now, not last year.
When the contracts on record started — and how they're structured. 3 of 50 are still in progress.
Jobs they've posted publicly
Every contract on record — all 50
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A single Upwork buyer who repeatedly hires editors, illustrators and formatters for paperback/Kindle book production, running many small fixed-price book jobs alongside lower-hourly formatting and VA work.
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