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to talk like a publisher
Jul. 29th, 2015 09:13 amHere's a query for all those who write or edit academic or otherwise complex and precise texts:
If the author or editor submits to the publisher a formatted text, with the special fonts and the mathematical equations and the foreign-language quotes and all, laid out in the typeface and format it's to appear in print with, does the publisher ever strip out and/or change all that for the copyediting stage, so that it's "easier to read," with the intent of changing it all back later?
I'm told this is "common," but it's the first time I've seen it in 15 years of being a contributor and/or editor to books laid out and edited by computer.
If the author or editor submits to the publisher a formatted text, with the special fonts and the mathematical equations and the foreign-language quotes and all, laid out in the typeface and format it's to appear in print with, does the publisher ever strip out and/or change all that for the copyediting stage, so that it's "easier to read," with the intent of changing it all back later?
I'm told this is "common," but it's the first time I've seen it in 15 years of being a contributor and/or editor to books laid out and edited by computer.
