Apparently, even book editors are being outsourced these days…
Apparently Newspaper Editors Don’t Do a Lot, Either
Following in a great but unfortunate tradition, the NY Observer has a new reporter poking around publishing who has recast the old editors-don’t-edit misconception into the new jargon of outsourcing: “Much the same way that telemarketers and programmers have migrated to Bangalore, the once-venerated job of book editing is beginning to be shunted from tweedy three-martini fellows in publishing houses to a fleet of laptop-armed freelancers, at home in their sweat pants.” As you can see, deep and revealing insights about our business abound.
More, via the Observer.