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Informationen zum Autor Elsie Myers Stainton, former managing editor of Cornell University Press, is the author of Author and Editor at Work: Making a Better Book, and numerous articles on writing and editing. Klappentext 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." Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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. E...
