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vivaldirules said:
> Are the digital copies discarded because
> they're too difficult to keep and manage or
> is this a practice designed to protect employment?
um, neither. frankly, it's just because they're stupid.
but, still, even if they have been smart enough to
keep the files, since "the book" is spread out over
dozens of files, many of them in different formats,
it can get maddeningly unclear which of them are
the "latest" ones -- especially if _none_ seem to
be exactly what actually appeared in hard-copy
(because what got printed was cut-and-paste) --
so even a straightforward "reassembly" is diffcult,
and it's often less time-consuming in the long run
to start over from scratch. and yes, that's stupid
-- massively so -- but that's how **it happens...
we look at "the book" and see it as a coherent entity.
but often, from a producer's standpoint, it is a chaotic
collection of bits and pieces that are thrown together...
so, actually, a good analogy is a _movie_. with a film,
we know it wasn't one seamless shot. they did scenes
out of order, and sent some segments out for f.x., and
had wire-removal done on others, so it's a mish-mash.
-bowerbird
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