Barakia wrote:

I attended an interview at Black Library and was fortunate enough not to get the job. However, during the interview process it intimated that essentially there is little or no editing process, other than spell-checking and other proofing. What is published is pretty close to the manuscript's raw form, hence the page long sentences in the Ciaphas Cain books.

No offense, but unless you're a successfully published author elsewhere, that's just bitter grapes. "Yeah.. I'm a programmer, but I'm soooo glad I didn't get a job at Microsoft.. I'm much happier coding in my basement for no money."

As for the quality of writing at Black Library.. They're an in-house publishing imprint for a niche hobby. If you expect to read anything that would qualify for a Nobel in Literature, you're an idiot. If, however, you expect to read something fun and easy on the can, much the same as the average housewife follows Oprah's bookclub, then we can talk. Yes, there still are standards, and yes, Dan Abnett is head and shoulders above DeSoto, or whatever the heck his name is. But neither are high literature, and they both write for a very small and captive audience.