The editing process

[justcarol67]

As a professional copyeditor, I was delighted to discover this article
on what an editor does in the online edition of the New York Times.
Although the author is talking about editing the OpEd page of a major
newspaper (Op Ed meaning that it's opposite the editorial page; it
reflects readers' opinions rather than those of the editorial staff),
much of what the writer says about editing is applicable to the HP
books (or any other published work).

If you're interested in what an editor might do to the HP books (and
why there are discrepancies between the American and British editions
beyond the Americanization of words and expressions), you may want to
check this out:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/31/opinion/31shipley.html?pagewanted=1&incamp=article_popular

Carol