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Author Stainton, Elsie Myers, 1911-2007.

Title The fine art of copyediting : including advice to editors on how to get along with authors, and tips on style for both / Elsie Myers Stainton.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2002]
©2002

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Edition 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
Description 1 online resource (xv, 153 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-140) and index.
Contents Introduction; 1. Basics; THE COPYEDITOR'S JOB; THE COPYEDITOR'S STANCE; KINDS OF EDITORS; THE VALUE OF COPYEDITING; 2. Legal and Contractual Aspects of Publishing; MUTUAL DEPENDENCY; LIBEL; INDISCRETION (BIAS); COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSIONS; DESIGN; Illustrations; Jackets; OTHER CONTRACTUAL SPECIFICS; Titles; Proofs and AAs; Index; 3. Types of Editing; BOOKS; Trade Books; Scholarly Books; Textbooks; Scientific and Professional Books; REFERENCE VOLUMES; Dictionaries of the English Language; Other Dictionaries and Encyclopedias; MISCELLANEOUS; JOURNALS; 4. The Editor's Dilemma.
PERSONAL RELATIONSPraise; Differences of Opinion; DIFFICULT MANUSCRIPTS; Editors' Ploys; The Confident Bad Writer; THE ROLE OF APPRECIATION; 5. Editorial Procedures; BASICS; Choices; Generic Coding; PRELIMINARIES; Chapter Titles and Headings; Illustrative Material; Notes and Bibliography or References; Front Matter; COPYEDITING; Errors, Ambiguities, Inconsistencies; Style of Writing; STYLE SHEET; Capital Letters; Italics; Hyphens; SPECIAL PROBLEMS; CORRECTIONS; FINISHING UP; Running Heads; Spine Copy; Review; EDITOR TO AUTHOR; 6. Computer Technology; THE PUBLISHING HOUSE; COMPUTER AIDS.
9. Notes, Refrences, BibliographiesNUMBERED NOTES; Content and Placement; Shortening; PARENTHETICAL REFERENCES; BIBLIOGRAPHIES (AND NOTES); REFERENCES (AND PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS); PAGE AND VOLUME NUMBERS; ALPHABETIZATION; SUMMARY ON DOCUMENTATION; BASIC SERVICEABLE FORMS OF NOTATION AND REFERENCES; 10. Special Editing Problems; AUTHORS' FOIBLES; Faulty Research; Stubborn Author; Venerable Author; Problem Prefaces and Introductions; SPECIAL CASES; Lectures to Books; Multiple Authorship; Transliteration; Translations; SCHOLARSHIP; Hebrew and Other Scripts; Authoritative Sources and Accuracy.
Final Checking11. Proofs and Index; PROOFS; INDEX; Compiling an Index; Editing an Index; FINALE; 12. Job Satisfaction; OPPORTUNITIES; REWARDS; Annotated Bibliography; Appendix; Index.
Summary Now featuring solid advice on computer editing and a new chapter on style, as well as more information on references, bibliographies, indexing, and bias-free writing, The Fine Art of Copyediting, Second Edition offers the same wealth of information that prompted William Safire to commend the first edition in The New York Times Magazine.
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Subject Copy editing.
Copy editing.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Fine art of copy-editing
Other Form: Print version: Stainton, Elsie Myers, 1911- Fine art of copyediting. 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2002 0231124783 (DLC) 2001028186
ISBN 0231502702 (electronic book)
9780231502702 (electronic book)
0231124783
0231124791
9780231124799
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