> On Jun 3, 2015, at 5:33 AM, john.leighton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Don't forget that most authors would probably use word processors, it'll make > it easy to transport proof. It's just a conversion to e-book format.
They don’t use our files, I’ll guarantee it. I export to Word from Pages. They have specific programs that convert from Word to whatever dedicated program they work with to set type font and format in industrial printing—that is the province of the book designer. I suspect that is what gets turned into the various e-book formats (Kindle, eBook, etc.) Never bothered to specifically ask, truth to tell. At some point it went from a linotype setter—a real human being when I first broke in—to something fully automated. All I know is that budget cuts over the years have dumped more responsibility on my editor with less support much to the detriment of the finished book. Long story cut about my brilliant copy editing 30 years ago and how I miss this lovely, quirky Englishwoman by name Elaine Chubb, who could fix typos and make me look brilliant, who is now replaced by a program that doesn’t catch so many things. . . sigh. In any event, if the subject should arise next time I’m in New York with my editor, I’ll ask how it gets done these days. Best, R.E.F.
