Re: _On Lead With Belladonna_ books "in preparation"?

On Jul 3, 11:16 am, pgil3...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On the artist and the presentation of his work


Michael disagreed with me when I suggested that the Seres book
should be proofread before publication. He did not like the concept
of the author's personal choice of words being altered before
publication.

Bill James fought bloody battles over this issue.
(quoting from an exchange between James
and Scott Gray)

1. I have very good reasons for doing things the way I do them.
2. My name is on the book; the copy editor's name isn't.
3. I know vastly more about the effective use of the English language
than the copy editor does.

So ... I don't want any bleeping policies.

And James is right -- he does write very well. But his stance
has led to errors making it into print and he hates that too.

.

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