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kennyc · 01-02-2010, 08:30 AM

I gotta agree with Sparrow as far as current publishing is concerned. I think a lot of the editors these days are not very competent at editing and more like managers or counselors or hand-holders or author reps at publishing production meetings. All you have to do is look at the tripe on the shelves, not to mention any names, but the category of Dan Brown's latest comes to mind.

I think in the past the editors were truly editors and worked with the authors to produce the best product they could -- and certainly some of the small presses and some of the editors at the big corporations do that now, but I think like with many other things it's more what can we convince the sheep to buy, that working to create a product of worth.

01-02-2010, 08:30 AM	#7
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,922 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	I gotta agree with Sparrow as far as current publishing is concerned. I think a lot of the editors these days are not very competent at editing and more like managers or counselors or hand-holders or author reps at publishing production meetings. All you have to do is look at the tripe on the shelves, not to mention any names, but the category of Dan Brown's latest comes to mind. I think in the past the editors were truly editors and worked with the authors to produce the best product they could -- and certainly some of the small presses and some of the editors at the big corporations do that now, but I think like with many other things it's more what can we convince the sheep to buy, that working to create a product of worth.