I understand why O'Reilly might do this- it mitigates risk and may help you judge whether this is a title to push or not. But it does make one wonder if they a

I understand why O'Reilly might do this- it mitigates risk and may help you judge whether this is a title to push or not. But it does make one wonder if they are superfluous. Not: is an editor or typesetter superfluous. You can contract that pipeline.