[nikgregory]

I think what people are failing to understand is that, you know, someone MAKES these things. They're not just farted out of thin air. A junior editor sifts through hundreds of submissions and passes it onto an actual editor, who passes it onto another, and then it passes to a third and if all four people liked it then they'll make an offer to buy it. Then it goes through several rounds of being edited, then finally it's proof read, then it passes through a typesetter who arranges text spacing, etc. to ensure they're not getting widows on pages (this applies to eBooks too!).

I made a post of this a while ago that hit big after last time a wholly ignorant post like this was made by someone not trying to comprehend the business they're complaining about. http://nikgregory.com/2010/02/of-amazon-and-ebooks/