As the knowledge economy takes shape, editors face many challenges: technology is transforming publishing, text is losing out to graphics, and writing is distorted by cliché, hype and spin. More than ever, editors are needed to add value to information and to rescue readers from boredom and confusion. The Editor's Companion explains the traditional skills of editing for publication and how to adapt them for digital production. It describes the editorial tasks for all kinds of print and screen publications - from fantasy novels, academic texts and oral history to web pages, government documents and corporate reports. It is an essential tool not only for professional editors but also for media and publications officers, self-publishers and writers editing their own work. With its broad coverage of editorial concerns The Editor's Companion is the 21st-century replacement for the friendly guidance of in-house mentors and colleagues.
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The Editor's Companion explains the traditional skills of editing for publication. It describes the editorial tasks for all kinds of print and screen publications and is an essential tool not only for professional editors but also for media and publications officers, self-publishers and writers editing their own work.
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Janet Mackenzie is a freelance editor with more than 30 years' experience in the profession and has conducted many training workshops on editing. She is an honorary life member of the Society of Editors (Victoria) and convenes the national working group on accreditation for the Council of Australian Societies of Editors.
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EDITING FOR PUBLICATION is a little-known occupation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
artwork brief, editorial brief, substantive editing, screen publications, structural editing, caption copy, language editing, editing practice, consumer organisms, author queries, design brief, heading hierarchy, sample setting, producer organisms, publishing team, preliminary pages, freelance business, book industry, freelance editor, edited manuscript, style manual, sole trader, running heads Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Zealand, Microsoft Word, Track Changes, Rough Edit, United States, Old English, Outline View, Copyright Act, Dixie Cup, Modern English, Restoring the Land, World War, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Camford University Press, John Frigby, Linen Press, Original Edited, Standards Australia, The Macquarie Dictionary, The Oxford Guide, Washable Blue New!
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EDITING FOR PUBLICATION is a little-known occupation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
artwork brief, editorial brief, substantive editing, screen publications, structural editing, caption copy, language editing, editing practice, consumer organisms, author queries, design brief, heading hierarchy, sample setting, producer organisms, publishing team, preliminary pages, freelance business, book industry, freelance editor, edited manuscript, style manual, sole trader, running heads Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Zealand, Microsoft Word, Track Changes, Rough Edit, United States, Old English, Outline View, Copyright Act, Dixie Cup, Modern English, Restoring the Land, World War, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Camford University Press, John Frigby, Linen Press, Original Edited, Standards Australia, The Macquarie Dictionary, The Oxford Guide, Washable Blue New!
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- The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. on page 82, and Back Matter
- A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey on page 62, and page 80
- Fortunate Life Pb by Facey A.B. on page 62, and page 80
- The Oxford Guide to Style by R. M. Ritter on page 94, and Back Matter
- Collins Gem Dictionary (French Edition) by Harpercollins in Back Matter
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