Quote:
Originally Posted by Catlady
How many times does it need to be pointed out that publishers do more than just EDIT?
|
I don't think anyone thinks that. Cover design, promotional materials, marketing, page design. Those things are pretty obviously in the purview of the publisher. But it's a stretch to say all those things add up to the hours an author spends before that point.
Not to say there aren't a few authors out there (Scott Turow may be one of them, though I never felt he deserved it) who get the red carpet treatment. But they are the very rare exception, rather than the rule. And exceptions don't do much to skew the average.