[fwlug] Book editing

[Vern Ceder]

Yeah, and everyone has problems... Check out this guy's experience...
http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/06/15/what-is-it-like-to-write-a-technical-book/

Cheers,
Vern


Michael Kerney wrote:
> 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 
> <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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