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Lapsing Into a Comma : A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid ...

31 reviews
Bill Walsh

McGraw-Hill, 2000

Strunk and White and Walsh
At last, a worthy successor to Strunk and White! No, I have not abandoned my loyalty to those old masters whose THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE retains its utility and authority after 40 years (however badly I may apply their lessons in practice), but we were sorely in need of an update. Language is alive and usage shifts. The basics may endure for years or decades, perhaps very occasionally for ...

Strategic Copy Editing
John Russial

The Guilford Press, 2003

This pragmatic text helps students master the craft of copy editing - including both the editing skills and the "people skills" essential to professional success. Experienced newspaper copy editor and professor John Russial covers the fundamentals and more: how to edit for grammar, punctuation, usage, and style; attend to broader issues of fairness and focus; develop strong headlines and other display elements; and work collaboratively with ...

Art of Editing, The (8th Edition)

4 reviews
Brian S Brooks, James L. Pinson, ...

Allyn & Bacon, 2004

Good resource for editing prodegies
It was an easy read and very helpful in understanding what a copy editor has to go through on a daily basis. It may not be the most glamorous job, but we gotta start somewhere. This book will help you understand the AP style better and a good reference when you're stuck on how to write something.

Freelance Proofreading and Copy-editing
Trevor Horwood

ActionPrint Press, 1995

The Concise Guide to Copy Editing: Preparing Written Work for Readers

1 review
Paul LaRocque

Marion Street Press, Inc., 2003

For anyone seriously interested in copy editing as a career
Expertly written by experienced journalist and journalism educator Paul LaRocque, The Concise Guide To Copy Editing: Preparing Written Work For Readers is a straightforward and comprehensive introduction to the skill of editing text with the needs of the reader foremost in mind. Principles and examples concerning general order of ideas, compressing and strengthening prose, common grammar errors, ...

Chopping copy. (intelligent editing) (The Friendly Editor): An article from: Technical Communication
Don Bush

Society for Technical Communication, 1994

This digital document is an article from Technical Communication, published by Society for Technical Communication on May 1, 1994. The length of the article is 2124 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the supplier: Editors are responsible for ...

Butcher's Copy-editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Copy-editors and Proofreaders

1 review
Judith Butcher, Caroline Drake, ...

Cambridge University Press, 2006

Lots of good advice but...
...a bit too British. Some of the information seems specifically applicable to Cambridge University Press, and will need to be supplemented by guides to U.S. practice.

Copy Editing for Professionals

12 reviews
Edmund J. Rooney, Oliver R. Witte

Stipes Pub Llc, 2000

I envy the two authors
This combination textbook/workbook is one of those projects that makes me wish I had done it. Or that one as good as this was available when I was teaching. It is broken down into three areas: copy reading, headline writing and publication layout. This is for any kind of publication, but the major focus is on newspapers. A major factor in the book's appeal is the writing style: It makes copy ...

The Copy Editing and Headline Handbook

3 reviews
Barbara Ellis, Ph.D. Barbara G. Ellis

Basic Books, 2001

Copy editors may/might quibble but writers will love it
First: I bow to the professional opinions of earlier reviewers, copy-editors all, I suspect. They found fault (of course; it's what their profession does) with Dr. Ellis' book. I didn't. As a magazine journalist who has frequently struggled to tell a story well, I found her book useful, intelligent, and surprisingly entertaining. Her advice on how to pick a "hot quote" or how to end a hard news ...

The Concise Guide to Copy Editing: Preparing Written Work for Readers.: An article from: Technical ...
Jackie Damrau

Society for Technical Communication, 2004

This digital document is an article from Technical Communication, published by Society for Technical Communication on November 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1024 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: The Concise Guide to ...

NEW(S) MEDIA A Philippines prophecy comes true, thanks to AOL "Copy editing, pagination, digital proofing, ...

The Cole Group, 2000

This digital document is an article from NewsInc, published by The Cole Group on October 23, 2000. The length of the article is 886 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: NEW(S) MEDIA A Philippines prophecy comes true, thanks to ...

He said, she said: a killing leaves a copy-editing quandary. (Currents).(Brief Article): An article from: ...
Dana Hull

Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism, 2003

This digital document is an article from Columbia Journalism Review, published by Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1157 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: He ...

Copy-Editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Authors and Publishers

2 reviews
Judith Butcher

Cambridge University Press, 1992

The definitive work on the topic
My wife who has edited or translated over 250 books consults this book regularly. She tells me that people who know, use this book as their "Bible" along with the Chicago Manual of style. (For what it's worth, she prefers the Collins dictionary -- don't ask me which version! -- out of about 100 dictionaries she has.)This book is fairly pricey, some would say -- but it's worth every cent. Get ...

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