Thread: Why don't people use professional copy editors?
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Old 04-09-2010, 03:52 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Agreed. You only have to look at cases where "big name" authors have obtained the influence to be able to re-release "unedited" versions of their early books. I honestly can't think of a single instance of that where the shorter, edited, work is not a better, tighter, book.
Stranger in a Strange Land

Insurrection (as reprinted in The Stars at War II)

I'm sure every is familiar with SiaSL, but the standalone version of Insurrection is missing a couple of chapters which left detectable hole in the flow of the novel.
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