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I'm glad to see that you have taken over WROX.
Redundancy and lack of cohesion...
The content of the book should be cohesive in an organic sense. Get a general editor who understands the big picture. It is painfully obvious when you don't. ... And I certainly don't want to read the same exact information covered by multiple authors within the same book.
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Hi Trey,
The "general editor" you mention is what we at Wiley call a development editor (or DE). DEs edit for cohesion, clarity, consistency, organization, and presentation of content. Having coauthored and edited books with multiple authors, I can tell you that they are challenging projects to say the least. As Joe Wikert mentions elsewhere, a lead author usually helps immensely, as do good editors. I and my fellow DEs here at Wiley will soon be editing Wrox titles; I can assure you that we are dedicated to bringing Wiley quality to the venerable Wrox brand.
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In spite of these complaints, I am willing to give WROX another chance to see if Wiley will steer it in a new direction.
Give us clear, helpful and insightful books and we will gladly become loyal customers.
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Thanks for your willingness to stick it out for the new Wrox team! The most helpful thing you or anyone else reading this can do is to use the Books forums here at p2p.wrox.com (All Forums --> Books) to state clearly and concisely your concerns with each individual title. Feedback of this nature will help our editors immensely to make the new generation of Wrox books really rock.
James Russell
Development Editor
Wiley/Wrox