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Originally Posted by taustin
It's hard to imagine that I'll ever be buying a book in which the various editing and publishing functions have been "farmed out," and if I ever do, it's hard to imagine I won't regret it.
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FYI, Taustin, most books you buy had the editing and production services farmed out. I am one of many freelance editors to whom the publishers farm out editing, illustration, proofreading, design, and page composition assignments.
Many years ago all editing, proofreading, design, and illustration was done in-house. But even in the days before computers, 95%+ of publishers farmed out the production of the book to typesetters/compositors and to printers. It was very rare for a publisher to produce a book 100% in-house; few publishers had the facilities to do so and I don't know of any today who have that capability, although there may be some.