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How is Derek the co-author for all of those books? Is it like how celebs co-author books or did he really write parts of each book?
by chime 13y ago
How is Derek the co-author for all of those books? Is it like how celebs co-author books or did he really write parts of each book?
- a_bonobo 13y agoFrom the books' description at amazon.com [1]: > Each year we hire 3 researchers (at least one local and one foreigner who live in {country}), a native English-speaking in-country writer, and an editor, to bring you insights from multiple perspectives. So I guess he edits the answers from the researchers (who don't seem to be co-authors, since there's only two authors on the books). [1] http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HMJ72JO http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HMJ72JO
- justhw 13y agoFrom the about page: > How these books were made I wrote 200 questions to be asked of each country. I hired multiple researchers in each country to answer each question. One local, one foreigner, one other. I wanted the book to be more than one person’s point of view. I hired a writer to turn the multiple different answers into one combined answer, and add another layer of expertise. I hired an editor to proofread and improve the final text.`