Advice Needed: Facebook Etiquette with Editors

I wouldn't, personally. I am very very picky on my personal page who I add, and if I don't know someone outside of the writing business I do not add them. At least until we've spent time building a relationship--even an online one--through business correspondence, etc.

Just put a link in your email signature that directs to your facebook page. That is sufficient, I think. Then they can take the next step--if they want to.

I don't friend everyone I do business with by any means.

Friending professional contacts makes more sense on a professional networking site like Linked In.

If the publication or publisher has a Facebook page you should consider liking it. This may also make a good "friend." You can look at the page to see if other authors are listed as friends. Ask your editor about this option.

I would wait until you develop a more personal relationship with these people. As an editor myself, I get incredibly frustrated when authors try to add me on facebook, particularly those who are still trying to get out of the slush pile. It feels like blatant ladder climbing- more brown nosing "Look who I know!" than anything else.

When I make a friend request on Facebook, I always send a message saying who I am and how I know them, or why I want to be friends. That leaves it up to them to friend me back. I don't consider it brown nosing at all.