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Originally Posted by elemenoP
rhadin, are you a copy editor, an acquisitions editor, or a development editor? I am guessing that you are a copy editor. This is not the same thing as the editor who decides to buy a book for the publisher, and then shephards that book through the publishing process. This type of editor can have a LOT (or a little) impact on the final product. They can even make suggestions/changes about the plot and ending. A copy editor is only supposed to fix errors.
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I have worked as an acquisitons editor and a developmental editor when I worked inhouse for major publishers like S&S. Since being on my own, I have worked as a developmental editor and a copyeditor. I am quite familiar with all of the editorial functions.
Unfortunately, in today's publishing world, the acquisiton and developmental editors no longer wield the kind of power that they once did, in the days, say, of Bennet Cerf's Random House or when Jackie Kennedy Onassis worked in editorial.
Editors today need to cajole not dictate and they often fail at cajoling. If a book is not well done, it is the author's primary responsibility, not the editor's.