My feelings are the same. I worry people will just skip the editing step and the result will be books that aren't quite as good as they could be. On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:05 PM, <cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for sharing this, Susan. I have mixed feelings about it: on the one > hand, I want to lament the decline of standards in publishing, but on the > other I'm happy for the freelancers. I suppose a lot will depend on the > pocketbooks of writers. If they're poor will they go to the retired teacher > down the road and ignore the professionals? Hmm. Interesting issue. I > remember when Naylor was going to outsource its editing to India; not sure > if that happened. > > -Cheri > > > > > From: Susan Portelance <susan.portelance@xxxxxxxxx> To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: 2011-02-09 03:40 PM Subject: [mea] Interesting editing article in > The Globe & Mail Sent by: mea-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ------------------------------ > > > > Hello all, > > I am a new member of the MEA and I thought this article from The Globe & > Mail may be pertinent to many of us. > > > * > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/where-have-all-the-book-editors-gone/article1894501/ > *<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/where-have-all-the-book-editors-gone/article1894501/> > > Thank you, > Susan Portelance > "PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. > It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting > business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify > the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from > your system. Thank you for your cooperation."