Large and critically important parts of the editorial function have been outsourced for decades . ... The Council of Australian Societies of Editors The editing profession in Australia is organised on a federal basis .

Author: Janet Mackenzie

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 0521605695

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 236

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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.

In a 2011 essay on editors and editing that I cited in the introduction, Roxane Gay writes that there are “Too Many of Us, [and] Too Much Noise.” It appears likely that the trend Gay observes three years after the onset of the ...

Author: Abram Foley

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

ISBN: 9781452966656

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 224

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Offering the everyday tasks of literary editors as inspired sources of postwar literary history Michel Foucault famously theorized “the author function” in his 1969 essay “What Is an Author?” proposing that the existence of the author limits textual meaning. Abram Foley shows a similar critique at work in the labor of several postwar editors who sought to question and undo the corporate “editorial/industrial complex.” Marking an end to the powerful trope of the editor as gatekeeper, The Editor Function demonstrates how practices of editing and publishing constitute their own kinds of thought, calling on us to rethink what we read and how. The Editor Function follows avant-garde American literary editors and the publishing practices they developed to compete against the postwar corporate consolidation of the publishing industry. Foley studies editing and publishing through archival readings and small press and literary journal publishing lists as unique sites for literary inquiry. Pairing histories and analyses of well- and lesser-known figures and publishing formations, from Cid Corman’s Origin and Nathaniel Mackey’s Hambone to Dalkey Archive Press and Semiotext(e), Foley offers the first in-depth engagement with major publishing initiatives in the postwar United States. The Editor Function proposes that from the seemingly mundane tasks of these editors—routine editorial correspondence, line editing, list formation—emerge visions of new, better worlds and new textual and conceptual spaces for collective action.

The best way to do that is to apply methodical scrutiny to a story by asking questions. Editing works best when editors are reasonable about this process. Anyone can ask a lot of questions, but that's not the point.

Author: Steve Davis

Publisher: Cengage Learning

ISBN: 9781285415307

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 384

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THINK LIKE AN EDITOR is designed for the new breed of editors who are evolving at the same time news and information sharing is changing. The book encourages students to apply themselves confidently, to think analytically, to examine information with scrutiny, and to see the big picture. Organized by the 50 strategies of editing and working, each strategy section is two to six pages long, which makes content easy to find for both students and professors. The text combines an examination of content depth with insight into the process behind editorial decision-making. Full of tips, lists, and memory aids, THINK LIKE AN EDITOR works similarly to a brief handbook of editing. The second edition features new strategies to help students think creatively in a world of social media, handle multiple platforms, and keep readers engaged. Both basic skills and advanced concepts of editing are covered. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Finding a qualified editor So, how do you find an editor? Well, the same way you find a critique partner—by word of mouth and on the Internet. Be warned, though, that you need to be your own gatekeeper when you select an editor.

Author: Don McNair

Publisher: Linden Publishing

ISBN: 9781610351782

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 233

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Veteran editor Don McNair lays out an easy-to-follow and systematic method for clearing up foggy writing—writing that's full of extra, misused, and overused words—in this guide to producing sparkling copy that attracts readers, agents, editors, and sales. McNair explains the common mistakes made by most writers and shows how eliminating unnecessary words strengthens action, shorten sentences, and makes writing crackle with life. Containing 21 simple, straightforward principles, Editor-Proof Your Writing teaches how to edit weak verb forms, strip away author intrusions, ban redundancies, eliminate foggy phrases, correct passive-voice sentences, slash misused and overused words, and fix other writing mistakes. A superb addition to any writer's toolkit, this book will not only make writing clearer and more grammatical, it will also make it more concise, entertaining, and appealing to publishers.

There are certain elements of pacing and narrative, as well as how you lay in an argument, that experienced editors can improve dramatically. If you let them. If your manuscript does come back with extensive editing,try to accept most ...

Author: Susan Rabiner

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN: 9780393340211

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 288

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Distilled wisdom from two publishing pros for every serious nonfiction author in search of big commercial success. Over 50,000 books are published in America each year, the vast majority nonfiction. Even so, many writers are stymied in getting their books published, never mind gaining significant attention for their ideas—and substantial sales. This is the book editors have been recommending to would-be authors. Filled with trade secrets, Thinking Like Your Editor explains: • why every proposal should ask and answer five key questions; • how to tailor academic writing to a general reader, without losing ideas or dumbing down your work; • how to write a proposal that editors cannot ignore; • why the most important chapter is your introduction; • why "simple structure, complex ideas" is the mantra for creating serious nonfiction; • why smart nonfiction editors regularly reject great writing but find new arguments irresistible. Whatever the topic, from history to business, science to philosophy, law, or gender studies, this book is vital to every serious nonfiction writer.

Among the text editors being used in the programming community, perhaps the most important family is vi and its derivatives.

Author: Arnold Robbins

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

ISBN: 9781492078777

Category: Computers

Page: 548

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Among the text editors being used in the programming community, perhaps the most important family is vi and its derivatives. With this updated edition, Unix and Linux users will learn text editing basics for both vi and Vim ("vi improved") before moving on to advanced editing tools for each editor. Authors Arnold Robbins and Elbert Hannah cover the latest major releases of Vim, including 8.0 and 8.2. If you're a programmer or computer analyst, or you work with browsers or command-line interfaces, using Vim can speed up your work and make complex tasks easier. You'll examine multiwindow editing, global search and replacement, and power tools for programmers, and learn how to write interactive macros and scripts to extend the editor--all in the easy-to-follow style that's made this book a classic. Go beyond the basics to learn which vi commands fit your specific needs Learn advanced vi tools that shift most of the editing burden to the computer Explore Vim tools that provide major improvements over vi Examine Vimâ??s multiwindow editing feature, a significant upgrade over vi Use Vim scripts to customize and tailor Vim to your needs Look at Vim in modern GUI environments with Graphical Vim (gvim) See Vim in the broader programming milieu, including usingit as an IDE

Conveniently organized to serve as a training tool for new or improving copy editors, this guide teaches how to best serve clients.

Author: Paul LaRocque

Publisher: Marion Street Press, Inc.

ISBN: 0972993711

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 162

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Conveniently organized to serve as a training tool for new or improving copy editors, this guide teaches how to best serve clients.

Author: Maeve O'Connor

Publisher:

ISBN: MINN:31951000985701J

Category: Editing

Page: 228

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Copy Editor: Language News for the Publishing ProfessionTM Vol. 19, No. 4 August -September 2007 Editor Wendalyn Nichols Contributing Editors Charles M. Levine Linda Lowenthal Erin McKean Jesse Sheidlower Cartoonist Sage Stossel Copy ...

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ISBN: IND:30000115549135

Category: Copy editing

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But copyreading embraces the art and science of editing , and make - up the art and genius of presenting the printed word . ... Copyreading is editing , and a copyreader is truly in the full meaning of the word an editor .

Author: Stanley Walker

Publisher: JHU Press

ISBN: 0801862922

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 706

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It's been ten years since clean-cut, sexy-as-hell police officer Todd Keenan had a white-hot fling with Erin Brown, the provocative, wild rocker chick next door. Their power exchange in the bedroom got under his skin. But love wasn't in the cards just yet . . . Now, life has thrown the pair back together. But picking up where they left off is tough, in light of a painful event from Erin's past. As Todd struggles to earn her trust, their relationship takes an unexpected and exciting turn when Todd's best friend, Ben, ends up in their bed--and all three are quite satisfied in this relationship without a name. As the passion they share transforms Erin, will it be enough to help her face the evil she thought she had left behind?