Buried Treasures--needing an editor

N Sterman TalkingPoints@PlantSoup.Com
Wed, 30 May 2007 21:57:56 PDT
Interesting...  I am working on a book right now for Cool Springs  
Press and we have a hort editor and a copy editor both....

I knew that Timber expected authors to provide all their own photos  
but if they don't also run their pubs by a hort editor, all I can say  
is that I am even more impressed by the quality of Timber authors!

Nan

On May 30, 2007, at 6:40 PM, Blee811@aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 5/30/2007 2:09:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com writes:
>
> A quick  glance at the captions of the pictures suggests that it  
> could have
> used a  better editor. Lots of obscure juno irises are illustrated,  
> so all  is
> forgiven.
>
>
> The editing of many hort. books could use better editing, Jim. I am an
> editor by profession, mostly of textbooks, and now do it entirely   
> freelance. I
> talked with representatives of Timber Press once about the   
> possibility of taking
> on some projects for them. I was told that they'd love to  have  
> that luxury,
> but since the market for a single title is relatively small,  they  
> simply
> couldn't afford me. I have no reason to believe that this isn't  
> also  true for
> most hort. titles.
> Bill Lee
>
>
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