Summarize next steps for the manuscript and get the writer to do their part, with an author memo.
Category: publishing
Liability and the Content Editor
Editors should look for and flag legal concerns in the content they edit, but should not—cannot, IMHO—be held ultimately responsible for it.
Measure Elements of a PDF
For quality control, there are times a designer or proofreader needs to measure elements of a PDF. You can do this with the measurement tool
Change the Look of Marks on a PDF
Of course there are 4 ways to change the properties of almost any mark you make on a PDF. Some methods are easier to access,
Hack for a Rapid Alts Check on PDFs
Cut your time and boost your accuracy with this trick for comparing dead copy changes to live copy. Make sure all the changes were correctly
Compile Markup & Reviews into a Single PDF
Compiling everyone’s feedback into a single document was a tedious, time consuming, and error prone task. Until now.
How to Avoid Fuzzy Pictures
Gone are the days of 72 dpi resolution for on-screen images. With today’s HD, 4K, and Retina screens, viewer will think that looks fuzzy. Today,
Understanding Image Rights
Just because content is on public display doesn’t mean it’s in the “public domain.” Learn what that term and 15 others mean in my premium
10 Ways We Can Support Diversity in Publishing
Why am I—a distinctly non-diverse voice—giving advice on increasing diversity in publishing? Because we’re the only ones who can: the ones who are here, the
Using Character Spaces Effectively
In the beginning, there wasn’t even space. “Writing in ancient Greece was broken by neither marks nor spaces,” writes Keith Houston on his blog, Shady