Comments on: The Death of Editors http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2006/05/03/the-death-of-editors/ It's that simple -- and that hard. And that inescapable. Tue, 29 May 2012 15:22:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: eoinpurcell http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2006/05/03/the-death-of-editors/#comment-354 Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:45:11 +0000 https://eoinpurcell.wordpress.com/2006/05/03/the-death-of-editors/#comment-354 Richard,
Thanks for stopping by the blog. I have been a keen reader of your own for sometime.

I tend to agree with you firmly on the commissioning side of the case. It would be the strange publisher that did not retain expert commissioning editors in the home market but I can see the day when commissioning and marketing are all that gets done in high cost environments.

As for the potential of the vast educated South Asian population it certainly does offer enormous opportunity. It does seem that your company has benefited from economic development there which is great news.

]]> By: Richard Charkin http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2006/05/03/the-death-of-editors/#comment-353 Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:26:56 +0000 https://eoinpurcell.wordpress.com/2006/05/03/the-death-of-editors/#comment-353 Th epoint about India is that, unlike much of UK publishing, it is a vibrant and fast growing market. Put aside the outsourcing issue for a moment and just think about the importance to the world of a huge and educated South Asian poulation. On the matter of the death of the editor I very much doubt that we’ll want to or be in a position to offshore that process (except for Indian books) because commissioning requires an understanding of the culture and nature of the home market in every case.

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