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What Good Is a (Freelance) Editor, Anyway?

March 4, 2011 //  by Janet Grant//  12 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

As we turn our attention to free-lance editors and how they fit into  the publishing system, I’d like to start out with a description from Beth Adams …

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What Good Is an Editor, Anyway? Part 4

March 3, 2011 //  by Janet Grant//  9 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

The final aspect of what an in-house editor brings to the table is…

–Understanding the interplay between the publisher, the author, the agent.

This is a delicate …

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What Good Is an Editor, Anyway? Part 2

March 1, 2011 //  by Janet Grant//  16 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Yesterday we talked about how an in-house editor is the hub of the publishing house’s wheel when it comes to your book. (For the sake of simplicity, …

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What Good Is an Editor, Anyway? Part 1

February 28, 2011 //  by Janet Grant//  17 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

As publishers continue the trend not to retain in-house editors but to use freelancers, the question becomes, Why didn’t publishers do this sooner? What good is an …

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