exporting to pdf is exactly what you don't want as an editor receiving files from a writer.
Unless you're already a big-name author you rarely get to choose. Docx will generally be an option, and if you're lucky a few other formats.
How is a copyeditor supposed to manage a PDF? PDFs are generally a huge no-no in submissions. (Source: I write short fiction & my short fiction has been published.)
I guess their editor can just cut and paste to Word if he really wants to make corrections.
> their editor can just cut and paste to Word if he really wants to make corrections
Is it sarcasm? I mean... make corrections/changes is what an editor does.
Hes, it was sarcasm. A write-only format is the worst way to send a novel to a publisher/editor.