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The Fine Art of Copyediting 2e de Elsie Myers Stainton

The Fine Art of Copyediting 2e

Autor Elsie Myers Stainton
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 feb 2002
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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780231124799
ISBN-10: 0231124791
Pagini: 172
Dimensiuni: 173 x 217 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Ediția:Revised and Exp
Editura: Columbia University Press

Cuprins

Preface to the Second Edition
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
Personal Relations: Praise; Differences of Opinion
Difficult Manuscripts: Editor's 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; Editor on Computer; Author on Computer; Computer Language; Results
7. A Concise Manual of Writing Style for Copyeditors
General Guidelines; Rhetoric; Readership; Ambiguity; Repetition; Pretentiousness
Details: Spelling; Capitalization; Italics; Compound Words and Hyphens; British Spelling and Punctuation
Grammar and Usage: Parts of Speech; Mistakes in Grammar; That and Which; Punctuation; Abbreviations; Cross-References
Tables
Bias-Free Writing
8. The Fine Art
Sentences
Punctuation
Figures of Speech: New Uses for Old Words; Metaphors
New Words
Changing Usage
9. Notes, References, and Bibliographies
Numbered 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 Reference: Numbered Notes and Bibliography; Parenthetical Notes 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; Final Checking
11. Proofs and Index
12. Job Satisfaction
Annotated Bibliography
Dictionaries
Manuals on Grammar and Format
Stylistic Aids on Writing
Reference Works
Appendix
Figure 1. Sample of Computer-Edited Copy
Figure 2. Explanation and Illustration of Editing Changes on Hard Copy or Typescript
Figure 3. Abbreviations for Notes and Bibliographies
Figure 4. Signs for Correcting Proof