@DarkMatterZine@gentrifiedrose@KorraSaqqara@bookstodon I'm very interested in this subject of big publishing houses streamlining edits. I have sometimes wondered if it might be the case. But in this case, the Killables--isn't the book probably self published? Self published books are usually not edited by anyone but the author (though some will hire a copyeditor.) And it really shows. As a novelist I can tell you I value my publishers' copyeditors very much.