>>>>> "elg" == "Eric L Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
elg> No, but Kernighan and Ritchie, "The 'C' Programming Language",
elg> is. It's the kind of book they don't make anymore -- slim,
elg> concise, thorough, accurate. Most books today remind me of
elg> Oprah on her fat days, alas, alak -- you'd think the authors
elg> were being paid by the pound. Or maybe it's just that editors
They are. They're paid by the page, and get no royalties, for many
books, for example Que, Sams, etc.
elg> today don't edit much?
They do. The editors do a lot. They make arbitrary text actually
readable...
Personally, I can't see how a publisher that pays by the page and
doesn't pay royalties can expect a quality job from its authors, but
that is the state of (the majority by sales of) the publishing
industry.
There are notable exceptions -- Addison-Wesley, Prentice-Hall, and
O'Reilly come to mind. Not that I know much about their processes,
just their products.
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