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Re:Writing Books Remains a Tough Way to Make a Living (2022) by bachmeier on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @07:25AM (#38853257)
> if a good traditional editor gets involved in your project they can make a huge difference in the quality of your books

I've also heard about mediocre editors that waste a lot of author time, and bad editors that ruin the project.

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Re:Writing Books Remains a Tough Way to Make a Living (2022) by ghaff on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @11:32AM (#38856032)
My developmental editor for my semi-technical book was “fine” but he didn’t do any of the structural re-factoring I did for my second edition. The company was using a new set of copy editors for the second edition and they were much better than the first.

Overall I can’t really complain about the editing but I think the benefits were relatively modest.

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