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 > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http:// > http://www.aol.com/. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/