The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications

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Unstuffy, hip, and often funny, The Copyeditor’s Handbook has become an indispensable resource both for new editors and for experienced hands who want to refresh their skills and broaden their understanding of the craft of copyediting. This fourth edition incorporates the latest advice from language authorities, usage guides, and new editions of major style manuals, including The Chicago Manual of Style. It registers the tectonic shifts in twenty-first-century copyediting: preparing text for digital formats, using new technologies, addressing global audiences, complying with plain language mandates, ensuring accessibility, and serving self-publishing authors and authors writing in English as a second language. The new edition also adds an extensive annotated list of editorial tools and references and includes a bit of light entertainment for language lovers, such as a brief history of punctuation marks that didn’t make the grade, the strange case of razbliuto, and a few Easter eggs awaiting discovery by keen-eyed readers. The fourth edition features updates on: - the transformation of editorial roles in today’s publishing environment - new applications, processes, and protocols for on-screen editing - major changes in editorial resources, such as online dictionaries and language corpora, new grammar and usage authorities, online editorial communities, and web-based research tools When you’re ready to test your mettle, pick up The Copyeditor’s Workbook: Exercises and Tips for Honing Your Editorial Judgment, the essential new companion to the handbook. Title Contents Preface to the Fourth Edition Preface to the Third Edition Abbreviations and Conventions Part 1. The ABCs of Copyediting 1 What Copyeditors Do 2 Basic Procedures 3 Reference Books and Resources Part 2. Editorial Style 4 Punctuation 5 Spelling and Hyphenation 6 Capitalization and the Treatment of Names 7 Numbers and Numerals 8 Quotations 9 Abbreviations and Symbols 10 Tables, Graphs, and Art 11 References 12 Front Matter, Back Matter, and Running Heads 13 Markup Part 3. Language Editing 14 Grammar and Usage: Principles and Pitfalls 15 Beyond Grammar Checklist of Editorial Preferences Glossary of Copyediting Terms Glossary of Grammar Terms Selected Bibliography Index