#editor

In the end, what makes a book valuable is not the paper it’s printed on, but the thousands of hours of work by dozens of people who are dedicated to creating the best possible reading experience for you. ↗

— John Green

#authorship #books #e-books #editors #publishing

April Michelle Davis's motto on freelancing in the publishing industry: Like it, love it, live it. Like your genres, love what you do, live your profession. ↗

— April Michelle Davis

#inspirational #publishing #inspirational

Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author’s intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don’t make sense when they are edited too much. I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author’s mind, a glimpse of their creative soul. I mean, how would people like it if editors came along and said to an artist, ‘Whoops, you left just a tad too much space around that lily pad there, lets crop that a bit, shall we?’. Monet would be ripping his hair out. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#creative-process #creative-reading #creative-thinking #creativity #editing

I had a hard time publishing my books in the beginning of my career, because editors were afraid what people would think of THEM, personally, if their name was associated with me. ↗

— Susie Bright

#associated #because #beginning #books #career

Editors of conservative magazines aren't out trying to raise money. The money is there; the cash reserves are in the bank. ↗

— David Brock

#cash #conservative #editors #magazines #money

Far more thought and care go into the composition of any prominent ad in a newspaper or magazine than go into the writing of their features and editorials. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#any #care #composition #editorials #far

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most. ↗

— Peter Davison

#being #books #could #crucial #editor

I was painting sets, working in editorial as an assistant, driving their trucks, lying that I knew how to drive a truck, and doing commercials and documentaries. ↗

— Richard Donner

#commercials #documentaries #doing #drive #driving

Machines aren't replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper. ↗

— Bill Walsh

#copy #editors #every #machines #more

Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call. ↗

— Bill Walsh

#call #copy #early #editor #few