editing – Page 27 – Right Angels and Polo Bears

How to publish your book, the options

Wondering how to get your book out there? There are a range of paths you can take, from traditional publishing

As digital products take over the publishing field, copy editors and other publishing pros will find that adding basic HTML

Grammar LOL Listen to the very funny Craig Fay’s take on the tedious grammatical choice of using former and later.

So you got the manuscript back from the copy editor or proofreader. Now what? Well, it’s time to check the

When footnotes are a formatting nightmare, Note Stripper saves the day. End notes too. Also, Adrienne sings “soft edit” to help

Thou shalt smitest those who wouldst alter thine language most sacred. Or, move on to something more consequential; you’re standing

You might need to convert a PDF back to text to get a word count, to create the next addition

The stages of editing are discussed in this episode, but they’re not the stages you’re used to (one is depicted here). It’s

That’s right, I take all the fun out of the naughty stuff by discussing word choice. Contains advice from two

In my Canadian, Eh? post this week on Copyediting.com, I argue that we editors should clean up quotes at least