Editing Fact and Fiction A Concise Guide to Book Editing

Name: Editing Fact and Fiction A Concise Guide to Book Editing
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ISBN: 9780521456937

ISBN-10: 0521456932

ISBN-13: 9780521456937

Edition: 1994

Authors: Leslie T. Sharpe, Irene Gï¿½nther, Richard Marek

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Editing Fact and Fiction is a concise, practical guide for people interested in book publishing or already working as editors who want to learn more about the opportunities in various kinds of book editing. Writing in a lively, informal style, two editors with extensive experience in a wide variety of fields--fiction and nonfiction, trade and reference, academic and commercial publishing--explain what editors in different jobs really do. The authors take the reader step by step through the editing process, from manuscript to bound book. They discuss the principles of sound editing and provide many specific examples of how to--and how not to--edit copy. They also give examples of how to deal…

Book details

List price: $63.99
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/30/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.94" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English




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