The Huenefeld-PubWest Survey of Financial Operations is a set of surveys that examine financial data, production output, and salary stats from publishers of all sizes and disciplines nationwide. It is a tool with which you can keep a finger on the pulse of the publishing biz and comes in three flavors:
• Biannual short form
• Annual long form
• Annual salary survey
For a FREE copy of the results, all you have to do is participate
in the survey or become a PubWest member!
The surveys will be open on the following schedule:
• April 1–May 31, 2010: Short form and salary survey open for 2009 fiscal year data
• Aug 1–Sept 30, 2010: Short form open for first half of 2010 fiscal year data
**November 4–6, 2010: PubWest Conference, including a Huenefeld Survey Results and Q&A session**
• April 1–May 31, 2011: Short and Long forms and salary survey open for 2010 fiscal year data
• Aug 1–Sept 30, 2011: Short form open for first half of 2011 fiscal year data
**November 2011: PubWest Conference, including a Huenefeld Survey Results and Q&A session**
• April 1–May 31, 2012: Short and Long forms and salary survey open for 2011 fiscal year data
and so on…
Please follow the links below to see the surveys in their entirety with instructions for completion:
General Survey for FY09
Salary Survey for FY09
Results and Access
Survey results will be posted to the PubWest website one month after each survey closes.
• If you're a PubWest member, survey results are free! (A valuable member benefit!)
• If you participate (member or not), the results are free! (Thank you!)
• If you're not a member, and didn't participate, you can buy the survey results at the fee scale outlined below, or become a PubWest member and get the results for free.
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PubWest Membership Dues:
6+ employees: $400
3-5 employees: $250
1-2 employees: $150
Individuals: $150
Students: $25 |
Survey Results:
6+ employees: $500
3-5 employees: $350
1-2 employees: $250
Individuals: $250
Students: $125 |
Participating non-members: At the end of the survey, you will find a link to an e-mail address. Please send an independent e-mail to that address with the name and address (e-mail or physical) of the individual who is to receive the survey results.
Non-participating non-members: Download an order form for the results here
Preparation and Execution
Before beginning your survey, please prepare by printing a copy of the survey and gathering all the necessary financial, inventory, and salary reports for the appropriate fiscal year (see survey schedule above).
If there are questions that you can’t answer precisely and you need to estimate a number or percentage, all we ask is that you be conscientious about your educated guess. We want to ensure the most accurate information for tabulation. Please take the time to make sure your data is complete and consistent.
Download: pdf version of General Survey
Download: pdf version of Salary Survey
Download: Publishing Employee Descriptions for Salary Survey (pdf)
Link to: FAQs
A Note About Fiscal Years
We know that there are as many fiscal year schedules as there are variety of publishers. Our rationale for scheduling the surveys around the fiscal year is that, hopefully, much of what the survey asks for is already in your fiscal reports. So when we ask for the first half of a fiscal year, we want data from the first six months (or first two quarters) of that particular year, whenever that is for you. It doesn’t matter if your fiscal calendar is Sept-Aug or Jan-Dec, report data that falls within the indicated fiscal year.
If there is still confusion, please email the PubWest Industry Statistics Committee chair for further clarification before proceeding.
Confidentiality
PubWest guarantees the confidentiality of survey data. To protect your information further, please do not include the name of your publishing house or subsidiaries anywhere within the survey itself. Our third-party survey service will check the survey for completeness and tabulate your responses.
Survey Ownership
If these kinds of metrics are beneficial to you, keep in mind that the more often you are able to participate (and the more of you who participate) the better the quality of the results will be. PubWest is committed to facilitating valuable benefits to its membership; you can signal to us that the Huenefeld-PubWest survey is valuable to you by participating and spreading the word!
Questions? Please contact the chair of the PubWest Industry Statistics Committee: Joanne Haines
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