Filed under: Interviews, Misc
We had such a nice response to Anne Sowards’ post about the books she was editing in 2008 that I thought I would seek out some additional editors that we might not ordinarily think about. Betsy Mitchell is Vice President, Editor-in-Chief of Del Rey Books, a division of Random House publishing. Ms. Mitchell had the good taste and foresight to pick up Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series. Victory of Eagles is the newest addition to the series and the first in hardcover. If you read romances for the relationships, the Temeraire series tells a unique love story between a dragon and his partner. For me, a die hard romance reader, I found the Temeraire books to be completely satisfying. Jayne has reviewed all of the books released to date here at Dear Author.
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Msaggie (5/22)
I always wonder how editors assess books or do they read like normal people (without the extremely critical eye, etc).
Betsy:
An editor’s job is twofold: First, to bravely protect the world from bad literature. That is why we turn down 98% of everything that crosses …
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