From John Baker’s blog:

“The Mahablog reports on the state of publishing:

Over the years more and more of the editorial functions have been outsourced or subcontracted, however. Today most copyediting and proofreading are freelanced, and good luck finding competent people who have received real training. Increasingly even manuscript development and substantive editing are freelanced, or subcontracted to a book packager. It is not unusual for a book to be published without anyone on the publisher’s regular payroll actually reading it.

This is a long but interesting piece. Go take a look.”

Direct link to the Mahablog posting is here.

writing about writing

Inkblot7: “This blog is about the process of writing which at times seems a mysterious task. I am writing my first novel and have often wondered how people go about writing.”