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| Preface: Reflections on a Lifetime of Editing | |
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| What Is an Editor? | |
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| The Evolution of the American Editor | |
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| An Open Letter to a Would-be Editor | |
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| Are Editors Necessary? (revised for this edition) and On the Decline of Western Literature | |
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| Lunch with a Favorite Agent | |
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| Breaking Faith: A Publishing Parable | |
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| Mistah Perkins - He Dead: Publishing Today (with a postscript for this edition) | |
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| Doing Good - And Doing It Right: The Ethical and Moral Dimensions of Editing | |
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| How Books Are Chosen: What Goes into Making an Editorial Decision | |
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| What Editors Look for in a Query Letter, Proposal, and Manuscript | |
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| The Editor and the Author at the Writers' Conference: Why They Go, What They Do | |
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| The Editor as Negotiator | |
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| Editing for the Christian Marketplace | |
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| Editing Books for the Jewish Market: A Commitment to Community | |
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| Developmental Editing: A Creative Collaboration | |
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| The Copy Editor and the Author | |
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| Line Editing: Drawing Out the Best Book Possible | |
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| Line Editing: The Art of the Reasonable Suggestion | |
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| The Role of the Editorial Assistant | |
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| Working with a Free-Lance Editor or Book Doctor | |
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| Editing True Crime | |
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| Editing Crime Fiction | |
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| The Pleasures and Perils of Editing Mass-Market Paperbacks | |
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| Editing Trade Paperbacks in Middle Age - Theirs and Mine | |
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| Editing Nonfiction: The Question of "Political Correctness" | |
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| Editing Fiction: The Question of "Political Correctness" | |
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| Editing Scholars in Three Modes for Three Audiences | |
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| Editing for a Small Press: Publishing the Way It Used to Be | |
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| Editing Fiction as an Act of Love | |
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| On Editing Nonfiction: Multiple Majors in a University of Subjects | |
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| Editing the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Novel: The Importance of Calling Everyone Fred | |
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| Editing Children's Books | |
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| Editing Reference Books | |
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| The Editor of Lives | |
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| Editing Popular Psychology and Self-Help Books | |
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| Editing the Romance Novel | |
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| Editing Male-Oriented Escapist Fiction | |
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| An Annotated Bibliography of Books on Editing and Publishing | |
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