Him and Bill commented about the new book by Janis Ruksans: A quick glance at the captions of the pictures suggests that it could have >used a better editor. (Jim) ... >The editing of many hort. books could use better editing, Jim. I am an >editor by profession, mostly of textbooks, and now do it >entirely freelance. I >talked with representatives of Timber Press once about the possibility of >taking >on some projects for them. I was told that they'd love to have that luxury, >but since the market for a single title is relatively small, they simply >couldn't afford me. I have no reason to believe that this isn't also true >for >most hort. titles. (Bill) I am also an editor of (mostly academic reference) books and have done several projects for Timber Press, and I asked them if I could have a pass over Janis's book -- and said I would do it FOR FREE -- because I knew his ad hoc English would give a nonspecialist a lot of trouble. The press (recently bought by a larger publisher) ignored my offer. So they really have no excuse! Jane McGary