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Originally Posted by MaggieScratch
Not to dim your enthusiasm,  but you would be proofreading, not copy editing. Basically you would be comparing the ebook text to the "perfect" text and making any corrections. The pbook and ebook texts should be the same. It is an exceedingly tedious process and not at all fun. The people who do it well have my utmost respect (and have saved my bacon more than once).
In the publishing process, a book is edited, copy edited, and proofread. This should all happen BEFORE layout, and does not need to be duplicated for the electronic version. However, after layout in BOTH versions, the processes will be duplicated. The formatted work will have to be proofed against the final pre-layout proofed copy to make sure there were no errors introduced in the layout/formatting process. Also, pbooks are proofed in galley (the layout format) and small changes and corrections can still be made at that time. Those changes also will have to be made in the electronic book version. So at that point, you're doing double work.
I work in a marketing department and we produce most of our material both in print and electronic versions, and the proofreading process is bifurcated this way, so I do speak from experience. And yes, errors can be introduced in the layout process.
All that being said, I think most publishers farm out their ebook production to third party companies, don't they? So it would be proofed against galleys or a final pbook version. |
Well you had to go and kill my dreams, didn't you
I knew it was more complicated than that. Otherwise I would be in a different field
