Re: real books

Subject: Re: real books
From: Dossy Shiobara <dossy -at- panoptic -dot- com>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:53:36 -0400

On 9/6/11 10:36 AM, Erika Yanovich wrote:

[...] I feel somewhat guilty that he spends his time on a task that could be done by a DTP person who makes much less, [...]

If the content contains anything but text, i.e., math formulas, non-Roman characters such as Greek alphabet letters, and so on, then that task, while done by "a DTP person" would require a technical reviewer capable of detecting mistakes made by the DTP person.

The "cost" (in pure dollars, and time to locate, negotiate terms, etc.) of a sufficiently skilled and adequately qualified tech. reviewer plus the cost of the DTP person, in my opinion, often exceeds the cost of the original author, if they're proficient in TeX.

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References:
real books: From: Erika Yanovich
Re: real books: From: Tony Chung
Re: real books: From: Julie Stickler
RE: real books: From: Erika Yanovich

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