Trade and educational publishers: Know the difference

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 I have said as much to numerous editors, I have even withdrawn my accepted manuscript once because the editor wanted such changes and I was not about to make them.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.