The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate CommunicationsThe 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. |
Contents
BASIC PROCED URES | 29 |
REFERENCE BOOKS AND RESOURCES | 57 |
EDITORIAL STYLE | 69 |
SPELLING AND HYPHEN ATION | 121 |
CAPITALIZATION | 151 |
NUMBERS AND NUMERALS | 171 |
QUOTATIONS 19 6 | 196 |
A B B REVIATIONS ACRO NYMS AND SYM BOLS | 216 |
FRONT AND BACK MATTER | 297 |
TYPECO DING 3 o 9 | 319 |
LANGUAGE EDITING | 333 |
BEY ON D GRAMMAR | 377 |
Checklist of Editorial Preferences | 421 |
Glossary of Copyediting Terms | 431 |
Glossary of Grammar Terms | 447 |
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The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate ... Amy Einsohn Limited preview - 2000 |
The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate ... Amy Einsohn Limited preview - 2011 |
The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate ... Amy Einsohn Limited preview - 2000 |
Common terms and phrases
abbreviations acronyms adverb alphabetical American APA style appear Associated Press Stylebook attributive adjective called capitalization chapter Chicago citations codes colon column comma Compound adjectives conventions copyediting copyeditor correct cross-references dash delete dictionary digits document E.E. Cummings editing editorial coordinator editorial style editors ellipsis em dash endnotes English entry errors example expressed figure files footnotes grammar graphs hard copy head house style hyphen in-text independent clause indicate italics language letter Lorem ipsum lowercase M-W Collegiate manuscript meaning modifier NAIRU nonrestrictive notes numbers on-screen paragraph parentheses participle percent phrase picas plural points precedes preposition printed pronoun proper nouns publishers query quotation marks readers redlined reference list Revision roman numerals rules running text semicolon serial comma singular space spelled-out spelling style manuals style sheet tence term tion typecoding unit uppercase usage usually verb word word processing wordspace writers