Australia’s Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has scheduled its first exam for 18 October 2008. The exam will be held in all Australian state and territory capitals except Darwin.

IPEd has stated that editors with at least two to three years’ work experience should be able to pass the exam. Successful candidates will join the first cohort of Australian editors authorized to use the postnominals AE, designating them an accredited editor.

The cost of sitting the exam is set at $490 for current paid-up members of the societies of editors constituting IPEd, or $650 for non-members. Even the lower rate is hefty, and successful candidates will be right to expect a return on their investment.

Despite the cost, Sabertext’s general manager, Benjamin Hourigan, has enrolled to sit (and pass) the exam in Sydney.

Editors: Is $490/$650 too much to charge for accreditation? What will you be expecting from accreditation? Will you raise your fees?

Clients: How will accreditation influence the way you perceive, seek out, and deal with editors? Will you be more inclined to hire staff or freelancers with the AE designation?

Comments are open.

Sabertext’s general manager, Benjamin Hourigan, has a new article out.

What kind of moral responsibility could you have for actions carried out in a game, which have no lasting consequences?

To find out, read The Moral Code of Grand Theft Auto IV, published in the latest issue of The IPA Review, judged the world’s best free market magazine by the Atlas Foundation in 2008. It’ll be on newsstands within the next week or so, but it’s online right now.

Benjamin Hourigan has written and lectured on videogames for several years. He is available to write and edit articles, marketing material, documentation and in-game text for the videogaming industry. Contact us today to discuss how Sabertext can help you.