![]() ![]() The reason Volvos and Jaguars commanded a price premium was throughĪttention to a high level of craftsmanship. Revenue from basically the same production models failed to think that Marketing geniuses who came up with this scheme for milking extra Today just differently branded Ford vehicles. You can imagine what happens if theĪuthor doesn't take a personal interest in this aspect of publishing. Knowledge of typography) telling production how to typeset, Few pay attention to concepts like ligatures, widowsĪnd orphans, en and em dashes, font matching, and the setting of math.ĭuring production it is often me (with my amateur The quality of typography is beingĭragged down to the lowest common denominator: slapdash Microsoft Wordĭocuments. Apparently thisĭoes wonders to their bottom line, but as the organization is being ![]() They contract authors and then farm out reviewing,Ĭopy-editing, typesetting, printing, and distribution. It seems that through rounds ofĭownsizings, mergers, and lay-offs the publisher is nowadays mostly a marketing My experience with a publisher I've dealt with was With a high level of craftsmanship are not considered to be very Which attention to detail and a desire to produce results consistent I am not sure why this is whether it's a decline in modern civilization in general, or fallout from the pressure to produce results quickly in a turbulent world (or both).Įdwin, you're right when you write about a general worldwide trend in Everyone SAYS they are committed to "high quality", but few actually seem to really care enough to do something about it. People seem to get these two concepts confused. I always reply that I only desire excellence, not perfection. People who espouse high standards are accused of being perfectionist, as I have on numerous occasions in my career. This in itself is merely irritating the real concern I have is that it points to a general worldwide trend in which attention to detail and a desire to produce results consistent with a high level of craftsmanship are not considered to be very important. The falling quality levels of various products, the philosophical importance of this phenomenon,Īs for the copy editing, I have definitely noticed a trend over the past 5 years or so that points to a large increase in the number of trivial and other errors that appear in books, both technical and otherwise. ![]() His comments sparked off a delightful discussion on the reasons behind (The errors he noted are now listed in the book's errata.) In the review he complained about the quality of proofreading and copy editing. Edwin Fine recently posted on a review of myĬode Quality: The Open Source Perspective. ![]()
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