Biblioracle: There is a romantic notion that a book is the product of a single author’s obsessive work. In reality, a finished book is the product of dozens of people tasked with bringing an author’s work to its best final form.
Employees of HarperCollins Publisher participate in a strike outside the company's offices in Manhattan on Nov. 15, 2022 in New York City.
While there’s some measure of truth in this image, when you go into a store and hold that finished book in your hands, in reality, you’re looking at the product of the work of dozens of people — editors, designers, marketers, publicists — literal teams that are tasked with bringing an author’s work to its best final form.
Authors, including HarperCollins authors, have pledged support for the striking workers. That includes big names like Barbara Kingsolver and Jacqueline Woodson. Additionally, more than 200 literary agents have pledged not to submit any new manuscripts to the publisher until the strike is resolved. There does not appear to be a way to force HarperCollins to the bargaining table, unless things really start to fall apart. The money it would take to increase the minimum salaries of staffers is truly trivial measured against the size of HarperCollins corporate parent News Corp.’s bottom line.
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