Is New Technology Threatening Editorial Values, and Failing to Provide Writers, Readers and our Culture with what they really want?
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General Publishing Business Topics
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16 Apr 2012, 16:00 - 17:00
Wellington Room
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Hosted by The Literary Consultancy, the UK's leading manuscript assessment service, and the Arvon Foundation, this is a key conversation for publishing today. Non-traditional publishing outlets are making it quicker and easier for writers to get their work published, both online and in print. Writers are excited that they can find self-publishing avenues that don't require the go ahead from the traditional publishing ‘gatekeepers’? However, the role of editor, performed by these gatekeepers, is threatening to get lost. What is happening to editorial values in the brave new world, why should anyone care, and is paying sufficient attention to editors good for writers and their work in the long run? Also, what different kinds of editing are there? What are the differences between line-editing, copy editing, a structural edit and proof reading? We open up the world of editing and explore what is happening to it in modern publishing, both traditional and online.
Contributors
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Writer, Publisher and Artist
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Freelance
James Bridle is a writer, publisher and artist based in London, UK. He has founded innovative publishing start-ups and helps publishers and arts...
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Writer and Publisher
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Arvon
Nii Ayikwei Parkes is a writer, editor, socio-cultural commentator and moderate web geek. A 2007 recipient of Ghana�s national ACRAG award for poetry...
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Novelist, poet, critic, journalist, and teacher of creative writing
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Novelist, poet, critic, journalist, and teacher of creative writing
Born in Skipton, Yorkshire, Blake Morrison is the author of two bestselling
memoirs, And When Did You Last See Your Father? (winner of the...
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The Literary Consultancy
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Co-Founder
Rebecca Swift worked at Virago Press before co-founding The Literary Consultancy with Hannah Griffiths 1996. TLC is the most established editorial...
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Literary Agent
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Janklow & Nesbit
Rebecca Carter has recently become a literary agent with Janklow & Nesbit after 15 years as an editor at Random House, first as an Editorial Director...
Audience
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Editors
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Publishers
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Rights Professionals