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BL
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1040282
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b794652
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Stainton, Elsie Myers,1911-2007.
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The fine art of copyediting : : including advice to editors on how to get along with authors, and tips on style for both /\ Elsie Myers Stainton.
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Columbia University Press,, ©2002.
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1 online resource (xv, 153 pages)
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0231502702
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: 9780231502702
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0231124783
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0231124791
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9780231124799
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-140) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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9. Notes, Refrences, BibliographiesNUMBERED 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 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.
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Final Checking11. Proofs and Index; PROOFS; INDEX; Compiling an Index; Editing an Index; FINALE; 12. Job Satisfaction; OPPORTUNITIES; REWARDS; Annotated Bibliography; Appendix; Index.
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PERSONAL RELATIONSPraise; Differences of Opinion; DIFFICULT MANUSCRIPTS; Editors' 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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Copy editing.
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Copy editing.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Communication Studies.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Composition Creative Writing.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Rhetoric.
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REFERENCE-- Writing Skills.
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| Dewey Classification
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808/.06607
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| LC Classification
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PN162.S735 2002eb
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| Parallel Title
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Fine art of copy-editing
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