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It is worth noting that publishers have been trying to adjust to the new economic realities, but this means they have to slash quality typesetting and even basi
by Mediterraneo10 6y ago
It is worth noting that publishers have been trying to adjust to the new economic realities, but this means they have to slash quality typesetting and even basic editing and proofreading. The result is that many books today are frustratingly sloppy compared to a few years ago, even from publishing houses that were once august and revered.
- grawprog 6y ago>but this means they have to slash quality typesetting and even basic editing and proofreading At that point, what's the point of using a publisher vs. self publishing or using some kind of print on demand service?
- Mediterraneo10 6y agoPublishers still often do some kind of promotion, e.g. ensuring that review copies get to influencers, hawking the book at book fairs, etc. Self-publishing means you have to do all the promotional work yourself. Also, certain books in the humanities can have their costs covered by grants, and the publisher might already have staff that are proficient in grant-writing, while authors don't have that savvy or reputation.
- flower-giraffe 6y ago>> Publishers still often do some kind of promotion. Which is almost certainly how the article about a book due to be published in April came to be written.