University of Chicago Press
What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing
Key Metrics
- Peter Ginna
- University of Chicago Press
- Paperback
- 9780226299976
- 8.9 X 6 X 0.7 inches
- 1 pounds
- Language Arts & Disciplines > Writing - General
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
In What Editors Do, Peter Ginna gathers essays from twenty-seven leading figures in book publishing about their work. Representing both large houses and small, and encompassing trade, textbook, academic, and children's publishing, the contributors make the case for why editing remains a vital function to writers--and readers--everywhere.
Ironically for an industry built on words, there has been a scarcity of written guidance on how to actually approach the work of editing. This book will serve as a compendium of professional advice and will be a resource both for those entering the profession (or already in it) and for those outside publishing who seek an understanding of it. It sheds light on how editors acquire books, what constitutes a strong author-editor relationship, and the editor's vital role at each stage of the publishing process--a role that extends far beyond marking up the author's text.
This collection treats editing as both art and craft, and also as a career. It explores how editors balance passion against the economic realities of publishing. What Editors Do shows why, in the face of a rapidly changing publishing landscape, editors are more important than ever.
Author Bio
Peter Ginna has been a book editor and publisher for more than three decades. He is the author of What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing. Peter was the founder, publisher and editorial director of Bloomsbury Press, an imprint of Bloomsbury USA; before that he held editorial positions at Oxford University Press, Crown Publishers, St. Martin’s Press, and Persea Books.
He has taught in New York University’s publishing program and in the Columbia Publishing Course. Peter comments about books and publishing on the blog Doctor Syntax and on Twitter at @DoctorSyntax.
Source: peterginna.com
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