[Bell Historians] Library Committee's learned journal

[djb122uk]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Arcubus" <markregan at a...> 
wrote:
> Are you talking about a commissioning editor or a copy editor? 
These are
> different activities. How do the criteria for successful editing 
differ
> between an esoteric interest and a serious mainline interest? Surely
> good editing is a constant whatever the discipline. 

In this case, one person is presumably going to fulfill both roles, 
but I think both aspects are important and require knowledge of the 
subject, although more so in the case of a commissioning editor. I 
don't think there is any difference in editing requirements between 
an esoteric interest and a serious mainline one, but in either case 
the editor needs to understand the subject matter.

David