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Old 04-15-2011, 08:29 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by James_Wilde View Post
Taken out of context, your quote can be misunderstood. In this case the function of what Schneier calls the editor is to weed out fakes, not tidy up the text. I think it's unfair to put that job on the shoulders of an editor.
I was wary of quoting more here, it's such a short article that a larger quote would constitute the majority of it. I too thought it was an odd use of the term editor, although I guess it is a valid description for someone that maintains the content of any written material, even websites that sell ebooks ... and in some respects a book editor may well be better qualified for a task such as this than many other people.
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