The problem with chocolates is that the book has to move through a whole bunch of people over the span of a couple of months, so who gets the chocolate is up in the air. It always seems to end up with the copyediting department, and never with the production department... ;-)
There will be at least six people in four different departments working on your book behind the scenes (copyediting, text design, cover design, and manufacturing departments; copyeditor, managing/production editor, text designer, art director, cover designer, production/manufacturing manager, and assorted assistants working on it).
Ideally, ask your editor to find out the names of the above people and then thank them by name in the acks. Someone in copyediting or text design will spot it and will immediately tell everyone else, because it will be so unusual. "Hey! This author is thanking us!"
Or, barring getting their names, just say "Big thank-you to the Art, Design, Copyediting, and Manufacturing Departments, without whom this would still be a manuscript and not the lovely object you hold in your hands."
Disclosure: I'm a text design and prepress manager. ;-)
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There will be at least six people in four different departments working on your book behind the scenes (copyediting, text design, cover design, and manufacturing departments; copyeditor, managing/production editor, text designer, art director, cover designer, production/manufacturing manager, and assorted assistants working on it).
Ideally, ask your editor to find out the names of the above people and then thank them by name in the acks. Someone in copyediting or text design will spot it and will immediately tell everyone else, because it will be so unusual. "Hey! This author is thanking us!"
Or, barring getting their names, just say "Big thank-you to the Art, Design, Copyediting, and Manufacturing Departments, without whom this would still be a manuscript and not the lovely object you hold in your hands."
Disclosure: I'm a text design and prepress manager. ;-)