From Aboutmyjob:
For some reason, many people regard publishing as a glamorous industry.
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Even getting PUBLISHED isn’t glamorous for most people. Believe me, I know. I’m a book editor. I work for a small house that is part of a big media group.
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Half the time you feel bad for the people in-house because of the demands of a screaming author. The other half of the time you feel bad for the author because of the incompetent handling of his or her book in-house. Eventually, the nightmare that is a book is published and makes its way to the remainder pile.
Link to the rest at Aboutmyjob
So, outside of episodes of Castle, who really thinks the publishing world is glamorous?
Jessica Fletcher
Sounds like his job sucked, that isn’t unique to publishing. Screwing the author is, but that is par for the course. Ahh wee lamb.