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Who: Professional
Publication Year: 2005
Pages: 574
ISBN: 978-0520246881
Price: $24.95
Description: The Copyeditor's Handbook is a lively, practical manual for newcomers to publishing and for experienced editors who want to fine-tune their skills or broaden their understanding of the craft. Addressed to copyeditors in book publishing and corporate communications, this thoughtful handbook explains what copyeditors do, what they look for when they edit a manuscript, and how they develop the editorial judgment needed to make sound decisions.
Jan’s Recommendation: The book was written for new and aspiring copyeditors who will be working on nonfiction books, journal articles ... and corporate publications.Some of the things that I found valuable:the comparison of what is a light versus medium versus heavy edit; what a copyeditor should just fix versus what should be queried (questioned back to the author); what is reasonable time for copyediting work – which will be valuable to both the copyeditor and the writer who hires one.
