7 Oct
2011
7 Oct
'11
12:58 p.m.
> But, when I was doing the Honda book (a
non-computer project 30+ years
> ago), my publisher insisted that I was "breaking the rule". We also
> faught about "burnt valve" V "burned valve". And wherever I
wrote "tighten
> til snug", he wanted to change it to "till"!
> So, I changed all instances to "until".
On Fri, 7 Oct 2011, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
What would this editor have done with the works of
e.e. cummings?
The "editor"s were worse than the publisher.
But, the "creative" accounting was even more impressive.
But, such practices are not unknown in publishing. Art Buchwald (MAJOR
syndicated columnist (Washington Post)?) successfully sued the producers
of Eddie Murphy's "Coming To America" for plagiarism and copyright
violation; do YOU believe that that movie did not make a profit??
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com