EditorialDepartment.net
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Editorial Department - Home
Description
Among the many changes in publishing over the last 26 years, few are of more consequence to the aspiring author than the decline of in-house editing at major publishing houses. Whether you're a first-time writer struggling to break into print or a published author whose last book did anything but make your publisher rich, the reality is the same: No matter how promising it may ultimately be, a manuscript that needs editing is much more likely to be rejected than published. This is why independent editors have come to play such an important role in the practical business of getting published. This is why we were founded. This is why we’re here.
Though the editor-for-hire market has only recently started to reflect it, the shift away from in-house editing began quite some time ago. Our founder Renni Browne witnessed its infancy from the trenches. By the late 1970s, William Morrow & Company had her on a short leash regarding the time she could spend editing. The last straw for her came when her boss told her to turn down a new manuscript from a best-selling author because she needed one month to work with him on it. She quit her job as Senior Editor in l980 and started the first multi-editor company devoted exclusively to book editing. She named it The Editorial Department because it provided the same services that editorial departments at publishing houses once offered.
Twenty-six years later, editing is just as badly needed as it ever was—and even harder to get from a publisher's editor. And a new wave of consolidation in mainstream publishing is only making things harder for talented writers who have yet to be discovered, particularly novelists in search of their first literary agent and publishing contract.
Contact
- McCarthy, Joe
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- Boca Raton FL
- United States 33487
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