Trade and educational publishers: Know the difference

Recently on Facebook a writer was complaining about the publishers in Botswana because the publisher told them that they would only consider publishing their novel if the politics could be toned down.

The author was angry and felt the publisher was trying to control them and their art.

The integrity of a writer is important; a writer must stay true to what they believe. I have said as much to numerous editors, I have even withdrawn my accepted manuscript once because the editor wanted such changes and I was not about to make them. But there is an important point that must be made here: there is a vast difference between educational publishers and trade publishers and authors must educate themselves on these issues.

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