[fwlug] Book editing

[Michael Kerney]

Sorry, slightly off-topic, but this reminded me of certain recent
book-related issues, and how the editing can always get worse.

http://ruthholladay.com/index.php?blog=1&title=editing_off_shore_style&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Excerpt:

"Several years ago, I worked for Macmillan Publishing. They outsourced a
whole series of computer-related titles to an Indian firm that would write
and tech edit the books and then we here in the states would copyedit them.
I was one of the copy editors for this project.

"On page 5 of the first book I was editing, I came across this sentence and
had a feeling it was going to be downhill from there: 'Click Print to
accomplish printer lactation.'"

(Disclaimer: this kind of outsourcing may be one of the reasons my little
brother no longer works for IDG in Indy.)
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