... the editor was treated as an adversary. First ... it is difficult to address unidentified “errors.” [Authors need to be specific.] Second ... the author failed to understand that the editing of his book is a collaborative process between the editor and the author, not an adversarial process. The third error this author (and many authors) make is refusing to understand and accept the parameters of the editing process for which the editor was hired. For example, this author also complained about the layout (not an editor’s job at all) and about the failure of the copyeditor to provide both a copyedit and a developmental edit. The fourth and most important error the author made is to believe that to point out errors is doing the editor’s job and that the author has no role in doing so because the author is “uncompensated.” The author is the one who has everything at stake, not the editor. The book will be published in the author’s name, not the editor’s name. Any error that remains will be attributable to the author, not to the anonymous editor. As the largest stakeholder in the final manuscript, the author does have a responsibility to identify perceived errors. -by An American Editor
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:09:44 +0000
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