University of California Press
The Copyeditor's Workbook: Exercises and Tips for Honing Your Editorial Judgment
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- Erika Buky
- University of California Press
- Paperback
- 9780520294356
- 9.9 X 6.9 X 0.8 inches
- 1.45 pounds
- Language Arts & Disciplines > Editing & Proofreading
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Put your editing skills into practice with this new companion to the handbook on every copyeditor's desk.
The Copyeditor's Workbook--a companion to the indispensable Copyeditor's Handbook, now in its fourth edition--offers comprehensive and practical training for both aspiring and experienced copyeditors. Exercises of increasing difficulty and length, covering a range of subjects, enable you to advance in skill and confidence. Detailed answer keys offer a grounding in editorial basics, appropriate usage choices for different contexts and audiences, and advice on communicating effectively with authors and clients. The exercises provide an extensive workout in the knowledge and skills required of contemporary editors.
Features and Benefits- Workbook challenges editors to build their skills and to use new tools.
- Exercises vary and increase in difficulty and length, allowing users to advance along the way.
- Answer keys illustrate several techniques for marking copy, including marking PDFs and hand marking hard copy.
- Book includes access to online exercises available for download.
Author Bio
Erika Buky is a freelance editor currently based in New Zealand. She joined the University of California Press in 1991 and served as Assistant Managing Editor from 2000 to 2004. She has worked as a freelance copyeditor and developmental editor for scholarly and commercial publishers, research foundations, advocacy groups, museums, and private clients. She has also taught English composition and grammar, rhetoric, and scholarly editing.
Source: University of California Press
Freelance nonfiction copyeditor and developmental editor, specializing in academic titles and preparing dissertations for book publication. Extensive freelance and in-house editing and production experience.
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