On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Michael Lockey wrote:
I've been around long enough that I can honestly say the quality of submissions from DP is much higher than when individuals were doing all their own work, with no checks except ad hoc. Naithless, PSTB have determined that quality and
Interesting argument. One that I might disagree with on some levels. Some books, prepared by some people for PG have had a truly exceptional quality, without going through the DP process. But yes, overall the quality evens out to a higher level from DP. What I miss from the DP process is having a holistic view of the book in question. I find that if I am preparing a text carefully, I really get a feeling for its quirks, its style, its _personality_. This puts me in a better place to anticipate what errors are worth searching for, and what choices to make in ambiguous situations. It is my impression that not all PP's connect with a text on this same level. As the system is set up, it's easy to just check what other peopl have marked as possibly needing attention, run some automatic checks, and then forward the file. As I perceive it, PP'ing has been a bottle-neck in in DP, the same the equivilant in a smaller process because to actually _do it well_ takes a bit of creativity and a decent amount of effort, and is sometimes quite boring. Andrew