Do You Really Need an Editor at a Publishing House?

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Just read Carole Baron's piece at the Huffington Post. Our department is planning a manuscript editing class as a new edition to our curriculum. However, I am still convinced that a broader Publishing & Editing class would be better serve our students because it would introduce them to a wider ranger of roles that publishers take on. Baron's 10 roles of the editor would make a great outline for such a course.