Testimonials
In a word …
Thankful authors have graciously described
our work in such terms as “extraordinary” (Abrams 2006, p. xix),
“first-rate” (Graber 2006, p. xiii),
“invaluable” (Feferman & Feferman 2004, p. 384),
“masterful” (Pearl 2000, p. xvi),
“skillful” (Silfvast 2004, p. xxiii),
“splendid” (Fewsmith 2001, p. xii; Toniolo 2005, p. xix),
and “superb” (Hausman & McPherson 2006, p. x).
A few more words …
“Matt and Vickie Darnell of Four-Hand Book Packaging did a
fantastic job of copyediting and typesetting. Their valiant
efforts to convert my ‘sow’s ear’ of a manuscript into
the proverbial silk purse were nothing short of superhuman.”
Thomas E. Lee
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits, p. xvi
“Indeed, Matt Darnell has been universally praised for his
work in my 14 years at the Press.”
Scott Parris
Senior Editor, Cambridge University Press
“I want to note that Matt Darnell did a splendid job of
copyediting and typing. He was very accurate and made many
good suggestions for improving diction, and in a number of
cases caught serious errors. I want to be sure that he
receives credit for a fine job.”
Abner Shimony
Professor of Philosophy, Boston University
Author of Search for a Naturalistic World View
“The book looks absolutely beautiful and everyone is
thrilled with it.”
Marielle Poss
Senior Production Controller, Cambridge University Press
“Thank you for a splendid job. We stand in awe of your
patience and care. If you are a Catholic, we shall recommend
you for sainthood.”
Eugene D. Genovese
Author (with E. Fox-Genovese) of The Mind of the Master Class
“I’m very impressed by your thorough and careful work on
this manuscript. … You’ve handled another difficult author
brilliantly and you deserve every bit of thanks not only
from him but from me and the Press.”
Lewis Bateman
Senior Editor, Cambridge University Press
One author’s experience …
“I would like to take a few moments to thank you for the
significant contribution you made to my book, Introduction
to Optics and Lasers in Engineering. I never realized
before how large is the impact of the production editor on
the final outcome of a book. However, after the completion
of your work I can see how extensive and how important are
all the changes that you recommended. At times I was amazed
at the depth and detail of your review. Numerous errors—many
of them technical—that escaped the scrutiny of my
students, my colleagues and myself were identified during
your editorial work. These were in addition to the extensive
adjustments of the language and structure.
“I believe most authors—and
I am not an exception—consider any criticism of their book
as a personal assault.
Yet you found a way how to make each of your comments so
palatable that I almost felt as if I was the one who
discovered the problem. I would like to thank you not only
for the exceptional value of your editorial work but also
for making it such a pleasant experience.”
Gabriel Laufer
Professor of Engineering, University of Virginia
