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Subject:Re: Independent Editors - What do they do? From:"Anthony Markatos" <tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:margulis -at- fiam -dot- net, tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com Date:Mon, 27 Sep 1999 10:34:57 PDT
Dick Margulis said:
There are all kinds of editors. Look at the masthead of, say, Time or
Newsweek, for example, or a scholarly journal. A copyeditor who
proofreads your work and checks your punctuation is not doing the work
of a senior editor who sets the direction and tone of a series of books;
selects and negotiates with authors; manages a staff of assistant editors,
researchers, and production editors; takes overall
responsibility for delivering a product on time that is accurate,
complete, well-designed and produced, and free of material that exposes the
company's management to ridicule or legal liability.
Tony Markatos responds:
Dick,
I can envision the above for a scenario for an 'in-house' senior editor.
But, do many independent contractor/consultant editors perform such tasks?
Tony Markatos
(tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com)
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