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Originally Posted by Abecedary
This completely ignores that proofreading and typesetting duties are generally handled by entirely different people or departments, especially in an organization of, oh, say, five or more people. To me, this further emphasizes that it's not an either/or proposition.
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In fairness, I think his thinking was about financial reallocation.
If the publisher doesn't spend X dollars on typography, they have X more dollars to spend on proofreading... whether they do it in-house, contract it out, or whatever else.
But, yes, I agree with you: I do not see it playing out like that.
- Ahi