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Subject:Re: Who's Job is it to Layout a Book? From:Paula Puffer <papuffer -at- PSQUAREDDOC -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 17 Jul 1999 11:56:14 -0500
Dave
I think it really depends on who you are working for. In all the positions I
have had however, generally, I've done the layout as well as the writing.
Paula
-----Original Message-----
From: David Hickey [SMTP:DHICKEY -at- ALIS -dot- COM]
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 12:51 PM
Subject: Who's Job is it to Layout a Book?
CONTEXT: I've just had my wings clipped at my new client to reformat their
books in a layout that, in my professional opinion, would be better. One of
the arguments I was given was "You are a writer, so focus on the writing.
Layout, fonts, font styles, and the like are a questions of graphics and are
to be handled by the Graphics department. You are not a Graphic Artist."
