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Originally Posted by Sregener
But you're saying that the typical publisher, not counting editing, spends 25 workweeks preparing a manuscript for printing? Maybe an internationally known author, if we're going to talk about all the promotions and stuff they do. But for the average writer? I can't imagine what it is they do, nor do I really care anymore. Call me jaded, but I think the gatekeepers are stupid.
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I received as a gift a copy of bestselling, well known author David Baldacci's newest thriller, "The Forgotten". I can tell you that if anyone spent 25 full work weeks editing that turd, they should be fired because it is clear that they would have spent 99% of that time on Facebook. It read like a hastily thrown together first draft. Every other sentence began with the word "and".
Maybe in this case the publisher spent most of its time on marketing, making sure it was another bestseller rather than making sure it was something decent to read.