What does a book editor do?

What does a book editor do? We shine a light on a day in the life of an editor at Penguin Random House UK. Frankie, Publisher at Transworld, shares some unexpected parts of being an editor, from working with the author to briefing designers on the book cover.

[communist_oranges]

17 year old about to go to university! Im really hoping to become a developmental editor for fiction books one day!!

[jazzmineanderson]

Can you make a video going in depth about it

[be_luna]

I’m not going to lie I feel this may be my dream to become a book editor. I feel that I will become very happy in my life

[enlighted]

I am a Senior Editor now, but I cant wait for the day that I will be editing books stories sitcom stories

[KlubKorn]

The desire to go into publishing has become greater everyday for me, but I do have a question. The BA degree I received isn't exactly relevant to publishing (perhaps closer to journalism, if anything). How can I stand out when there are swarms of English Lit. or Creative Writing majors applying for the same editorial assistant position?

[rj]

I enjoy your video so much 💖 I am looking forward to watching your video. I wanna know how editors do their jobs. I just bumped into this and also found it really interesting. Maybe I wanna be an editor too.

[pruthvirajchauhan]

For publishing any good agent to send menu scripts and synopsis of novel

[DragonGaming-iddr]

Quick question if I send half of three books will you still edit and maybe publish those books in one?

[xsxs]

They still edit on paper? In this day and age?? As someone who works as an editor (in a different area of publishing) I cannot imagine doing my job on paper.

[vegabonddesivlogs]

I have written ten sci fi fictions. How can I get a platform to publish these manuscripts through Penguin Random House? In 2014, Penguin published an anthology of true life stories titled 'Something Happened On The Way To Heaven 'edited by Sudha Murty. The 11th no story is written by me.

[georgefernandes]

Penguin is big publishing industry but very thin door to enter. Limited to fix idea like feminism and letting not open the door for other vast variety ideas.

[okanani]

is she a graphic designer or what? someone reply pls:)

[alandavies]

These people haven’t got a clue of what will become a best selling book. Self publish your work it will save you a lot of heartache from these dreadful people. They suppress the industry. Traditional publishers are outdated. Always at the first instance think about self publishing rather than wasting time and effort going through these publishing companies.