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Originally Posted by starrigger
Understand: copy editing and proofreading are not done on computer files. They are done on paper--yes, with red pencil, or sometimes blue pencil, or even black pencil. And those corrections go back to be entered by the typesetter.
So...unless the author enters all the final changes, which is many hours of unpaid work, there really is no clean source file for an ebook. Except the PDF or the typesetter's files, neither of which is a very good source for the ebook.
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That's not really what I'm talking about - I'll happily admit to having no experience of the publishing industry. What I'm really trying to comment on is DaleDe's assertion that they have several different electronic versions floating around, and no idea which is which.
I.e. I'm not saying anything about whether or not they have an electronic version that is suitable source for an ebook, simply that if they really don't have any control over the digital information they do have then that is pretty poor for a modern business (which is something of which I do have experience).
If what they do have is not suitable source then that's a different problem, and I can understand why that might take a while to change, but even that is hardly rocket science.
My accoutancy comment was simply meant to mean that the accountancy department had better know which version of the accounts is the final one, or they're in deep trouble with the authorities!
/JB