: Re: How exactly does a book go from typewritten pages into an actual mass-produced unit ready for the consumer, and do authors have any control? I want to be clear that I'm asking about this both

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Let us first of all note that this scenario assumes a writer who has a contract for the book. For that, the answer is, yes, the publisher can edit to the book to its standards, and generally does. This is not only formatting, from the font onwards, but can be other alterations to the book. (And nowadays, the publisher expects it in electronic format.)
Alternatively, the writer can self-publish. Then, if he goes for a reputable self-publisher (as opposed to a vanity press), he can control a lot more. However, that will require specialized formatting skills.
When dealing with bringing into a print a public domain book, there's a lot of things a publisher can do. For instance, using OCR on a copy and then cleaning up the mistakes and formatting it to the standard they want. Photocopying would be unwise because of blurring and needing it to get the right page size and all that, except when offering a facsimile edition.

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