Beyond the Blue Pencil: What Editors Do AFTER Your Book Is Perfect
Neil Nyren, Instructor
Once the book is polished and glowing like a little
gem, what do you then? It's estimated that approximately 250 books are
published every working day. How do you cut through the noise? That's all part
of the editor's job as well -- because he can't just be an editor, he has to be
a publisher and be aware of what every department in the house, and the author,
needs to know and needs to do to make that book successful.
Neil S. Nyren is senior vice president, publisher and
editor in chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons. Among his authors are Tom Clancy, Clive
Cussler, Patricia Cornwell, Jack Higgins, W.E.B. Griffin, John Sandford, Dave
Barry, Daniel Silva, Ken Follett, Frederick Forsyth, Randy Wayne White, Alex
Berenson and Carol O'Connell; nonfiction by Bob Schieffer, Maureen Dowd, John
McEnroe, Linda Ellerbee, Jeff Greenfield, Charles Kuralt, Secretary of State
James Baker III, Thomas P.M. Barnett, Sara Nelson, and Generals Fred Franks,
Chuck Horner, Carl Stiner and Tony Zinni.