Copyeditor's Handbook A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications

Name: Copyeditor's Handbook A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications
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ISBN: 9780520271562

ISBN-10: 0520271564

ISBN-13: 9780520271562

Edition: 3rd 2011

Authors: Amy Einsohn

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Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

Amy Einsohnis a professional editor with thirty years of experience in scholarly, trade nonfiction, and corporate publishing.



Preface



The ABCs of Copyediting



What Copyeditors Do


Principal Tasks


Levels of Copyediting


The Editorial Process


Editorial Triage


Estimates


One Paragraph,Three Ways



Basic Procedures


Marking Changes on Hard Copy


Making Changes On-Screen


Querying


Style Sheets


Cleanup



Reference Books and Resources


Four Essential Books


On the Bookshelf


Websites



Editors Style



Punctuation


Conventions,Fashions,and Style



Terminal Punctuation



Joining Clauses



Setting Off Phrases



Indicating Omission


Mark-by-Mark Pitfalls


Multiple Punctuation


Eyeballing Every Mark


Controversial Techniques









Spelling and Hypenation


Improving Your Spelling Skills


Variant Spellings


British Spelling


Homophones


Foreign Words and Phrases


Proper Nouns and Adjectives


Plurals


Possessives


One Word or Two?


Spellcheckers









Capitalization


Personal Names and Titles


Geographical Names


Racial and Ethnic Groups


Company Names,Trademarks,and Brand Names


Cyberjargon


Titles of Works


Names of Plants and Animals









Numbers and Numerals


Words or Numerals?


Money


Time


Street Numbers and Phone Numbers


Units of Measurement


Roman Numerals


Inclusive Numerals


Mathematical Signs and Symbols


Style Sheet Entries









Quotations


Misspellings in the Source Document


Odd Wording in the Source Document


Run-in and Set-off Quotations


Punctuation of Quotations


Syntactical Fit


Ellipsis Points


Brackets


Citing Sources






Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols


Abbreviations


Acronyms


Symbols and Signs






Tables,Graphs,and Art


Tables


Graphs


Art









References


Author-Date System


Reference Notes


Citation-Sequence System






Front and Back Matter


Front Matter


Back Matter


Glossaries


Indexes






Typecoding


Typecoding on Hard Copy


Typecoding On-Screen


Heads and Subheads


Lists


Design Specs






Language Editing



Grammar: Principles and Pitfalls


Whose Grammar?


Subject-Verb Agreement


Troublesome Verbs


Split Infinitives


Subjunctive Mood


Dangling Participles


Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers


Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement


Case of Nouns and Pronouns


Parallel Form


Adjectives and Adverbs


Fewer and Less


Prepositions


Miscellaneous Bugaboos



Beyond Grammer


Organization


Expository Style


Bias-Free Language


Publishing Law


Checklist of Editorial Preferences


Glossary of Copyediting Terms


Glossary of Grammar Terms


Answer Keys


Selected Bibliography


Index