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It's incumbent upon the publisher to format the layout to the proper specs. They are the ones who submit the file for printing. Most "real" publishers employ an interior designer, but that takes...money.If he is claiming to be a "publisher", wouldn't you think he would make sure the copy he supplies to LS would be to publishable standards? But then, given that it was stated that the YWO publishing was a combined project with Legend Press...
I think you're right. This was a perfect storm aimed at writers who know very little about the publishing industry. They hatched an author's no-win scheme (a la 5,000 books by Christmas) under the umbrella of a respectable entity (the Arts Council) without any kind of acceptance standards or professionalism in the hope that they would make a ton of money by authors buying bushels of their own books. It's fairly obvious Legend/YWO weren't in the least bit concerned about creating a quality work. It was all about the money. If anyone's sphincter should be puckering, it should be the Arts Council, to allow such a travesty to take place on their watch.But, I believe YWO writers went for the scheme because they believed that being published by an Arts Council sponsored body was somehow more respectable than self-publishing. The snag with that is that, as I understand it, this YWO publishing project is not condoned by the Arts Council.
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