The valuation's price for edited, published writing

From five times the marketplace rate per word to the rate per word implied by one publisher's price per selected book (a book taken as about 100,000 words).

Updated 14 Oct 2026, from its newest record.

The 2 records it is computed from, largest first

Records behind this figure
Record	Amount	As stated	Dated	Source
One nonfiction book title, licensed for training for three years (HarperCollins)	$5K100%	$5,000 per title	25 Nov 2024	Publishers Weekly
General text sold through a data marketplace (Defined.ai's quoted rate)	$00%	$0.001 a word	5 Apr 2024	Reuters, via The Decoder

One nonfiction book title, licensed for training for three years (HarperCollins)
Amount
$5K100%
As stated
$5,000 per title
Dated
25 Nov 2024
Source
Publishers Weekly
General text sold through a data marketplace (Defined.ai's quoted rate)
Amount
$00%
As stated
$0.001 a word
Dated
5 Apr 2024
Source
Reuters, via The Decoder

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