Can I ask my production supplier to send copy-edited chapters and/or proofs direct to my book’s contributing authors if I’m a volume editor?
It’s usually your contractual obligation as a volume editor to mastermind all liaison with contributing authors yourself, so you can keep control of the content of the chapters. Our advice is not to send proofs to contributors for checking as this is likely to cause delay in the production schedule, but rather to ensure contributors are happy with the final version of their chapter, either before you deliver the final text to us or by showing them the copy-edited versions. If you do decide to show proofs to contributors it will be easier for you to keep control of the content of the book if you handle all dealings with the contributors yourself, to avoid confusion and conflicting instructions being given to the production supplier.
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