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Author Butcher, Judith.

Title Butcher's copy-editing : the Cambridge handbook for editors, copy-editors and proofreaders / Judith Butcher, Caroline Drake and Maureen Leach.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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Edition 4th ed., fully rev. and updated.
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 543 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Rev. and updated ed. of: Copy-editing. 3rd ed. 1992.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-509) and index.
Summary Since its first publication in 1975 this copy-editing guide has established itself as a classic reference title. This fourth edition has been fully revised to include up to date advice on indexes, inclusive language, reference systems and preliminary pages; on-screen copyediting; digital coding and e-books; and modern typesetting issues.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Preliminary copy-editing, design and specimen pages -- 3. Preparing the text for the typesetter -- 4. Illustrations -- 5. Proofs -- 6. House style -- 7. Preliminary pages -- 8. Indexes -- 9. Other parts of a book -- 10. Bibliographical references -- 11. Literary material -- 12. Multi-author and multi-volume works -- 13. Science and mathematics books -- 14. Other special subjects -- 15. Reprints and new editions -- 16. On-screen editing by Anne Waddingham.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Copy editing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Copy editing.
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
Subject Proofreading -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Proofreading.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Handbooks and manuals.
Added Author Drake, Caroline, 1963-
Leach, Maureen, 1945-
Butcher, Judith. Copy-editing.
Other Form: Print version: Butcher, Judith. Butcher's copy-editing. 4th ed., fully rev. and updated. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521847133 9780521847131 (DLC) 2005032563 (OCoLC)62290544
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