Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-140) and index.
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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.
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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.
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Final Checking11. Proofs and Index; PROOFS; INDEX; Compiling an Index; Editing an Index; FINALE; 12. Job Satisfaction; OPPORTUNITIES; REWARDS; Annotated Bibliography; Appendix; Index.
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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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JSTOR
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Title
Fine art of copyediting.
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0231124783
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Fine art of copy-editing
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Copy editing.
Copy editing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Communication Studies.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Composition & Creative Writing.