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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. This ...
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15 August 2011
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. This book may be used for self-instruction or as a textbook in copyediting classes. The exercises are accompanied by answer keys and detailed line-by-line explanations.
The third edition features
• Updates reflecting the 16th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style and the most current editions of other major style manuals.
• Additional updates to register technology-driven changes in onscreen editing procedures and typecoding.
• A revised chapter on resources for editors.
• Expanded bibliography and glossary.
The third edition features
• Updates reflecting the 16th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style and the most current editions of other major style manuals.
• Additional updates to register technology-driven changes in onscreen editing procedures and typecoding.
• A revised chapter on resources for editors.
• Expanded bibliography and glossary.
Price: $34.95
Pages: 576
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
15 August 2011
ISBN: 9780520950634
Format: eBook
PREFACE
PART 1. THE ABCS OF COPYEDITING
1. WHAT COPYEDITORS DO
2. BASIC PROCEDURES
3. REFERENCE BOOKS AND RESOURCES
PART 2. EDITORIAL STYLE
4. PUNCTUATION
5. SPELLING AND HYPHENATION
6. CAPITALIZATION
7. NUMBERS AND NUMERALS
8. QUOTATIONS
9. ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, AND SYMBOLS
10. TABLES, GRAPHS, AND ART
11. REFERENCES
12. FRONT AND BACK MATTER
13. TYPECODING
PART 3. LANGUAGE EDITING
14. GRAMMAR: PRINCIPLES AND PITFALLS
15. BEYOND GRAMMAR
CHECKLIST OF EDITORIAL PREFERENCES
GLOSSARY OF COPYEDITING TERMS
GLOSSARY OF GRAMMAR TERMS
ANSWER KEYS
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
PART 1. THE ABCS OF COPYEDITING
1. WHAT COPYEDITORS DO
2. BASIC PROCEDURES
3. REFERENCE BOOKS AND RESOURCES
PART 2. EDITORIAL STYLE
4. PUNCTUATION
5. SPELLING AND HYPHENATION
6. CAPITALIZATION
7. NUMBERS AND NUMERALS
8. QUOTATIONS
9. ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, AND SYMBOLS
10. TABLES, GRAPHS, AND ART
11. REFERENCES
12. FRONT AND BACK MATTER
13. TYPECODING
PART 3. LANGUAGE EDITING
14. GRAMMAR: PRINCIPLES AND PITFALLS
15. BEYOND GRAMMAR
CHECKLIST OF EDITORIAL PREFERENCES
GLOSSARY OF COPYEDITING TERMS
GLOSSARY OF GRAMMAR TERMS
ANSWER KEYS
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX