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You can write the text in anything really, but Microsoft Word won out in books and legal work because it has group editing capabilities (comments, track changes
by omarhaneef 7y ago
You can write the text in anything really, but Microsoft Word won out in books and legal work because it has group editing capabilities (comments, track changes, reverse or accept changes etc). Google Docs seems like it might be a contender.
That description of the editing process sort of convinced me not to try emacs for this.
I like org mode too, but giving up the editing for org mode doesn't seem like a fair bargain.
edit: I know this author doesn't use org-mode. I was just pointing out my favorite feature of emacs.
- kragen 7y agoProbably it would have been okay if he'd found an editor who knew how to use a text editor and Git.
- cpach 7y agoYup. But those people doesn’t grow on trees. AFAICT knowledge of git is practically nonexistent outside of software development.
- kragen 7y agoWould you hire a lifelong celibate editor to edit an anthology of erotica? If not, why would you hire an editor who doesn't know how to program to edit a book on Emacs?
- cpach 7y agoI guess it all boils down to supply and demand. If the publisher can find editors that also knows how to program then kudos to them. But isn’t the crux that if you can program, you can often land another job that pays much more than being an editor? [Edited]
- kragen 7y agoI think that in this case the author hired the editor directly, not through a publisher. I'm sure you're right about the wages thing, so presumably you'd have to pay programmer wages rather than regular editor wages.