Getting revisions from authors and cajoling them into approving
editorial changes can be tricky. It requires both diplomacy and
tenacity. This job can be even more difficult when it comes to getting
author approval of the book's design and layout. It is a truism in
publishing that even the most pliable and complaisant of authors
invariably are not happy with the cover design of the book. There is
no simple and easy solution. However, constant and continuing
conferring is one way to head off problems before the pass.
