commissioning editor

noun

A person who identifies books for a publisher to publish, and acts as a link to authors

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Meanings

nouncommissioning editor (plural commissioning editors)

plural commissioning editors

  1. A person who identifies books for a publisher to publish, and acts as a link to authors
  2. a person who has a similar role for a TV company

    His children have names like Django Unchained and Skeletor. His kitchen has its own doner kebab machine. He’s the stuff of a Channel 4 commissioning editor’s answered prayers.

    2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London)
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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