[mea] Re: Interesting editing article in The Globe & Mail

  • From: cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx
  • To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 17:27:26 -0600

Jonah: YIKES! I hope your former co-workers are ok.

Susan: this would make a great discussion topic for the upcoming 
mini-conference on the publishing industry (May 14). It hasn't been 
officially announced yet, but it's in the works. There's a portion 
dedicated to the writing and editing part of the process, whether you're 
self-publishing or following the traditional publishing route; we're 
trying to cover both bases. I'll mention this issue at our next meeting. 




From:
Susan Portelance <susan.portelance@xxxxxxxxx>
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Date:
2011-02-09 05:22 PM
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[mea] Re: Interesting editing article in The Globe & Mail
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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> 
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Date: 
2011-02-09 03:40 PM 
Subject: 
[mea] Interesting editing article in The Globe & Mail 
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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/
 


Thank you, 
Susan Portelance 
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