Tuesday, May 24, 2011

A, B, C... OF COPYEDITING

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Once an author sends his manuscript to a publisher, both a copyeditor and a proofreader go through the manuscript before it gets published. A copyeditor’s role is to edit author’s manuscript, while a proofreader checks the final copy to-be-published as per publisher’s guidelines. Copyediting is more tedious. A copyeditor does 3 types of editing in the author’s manuscript. These are: Style editing, Content editing and Technical editing.

If you have started your career as a copyeditor, you are going to love this e-book on copyeditng marks and symbols explained with examples.

Are you the one who thinks hardcopy edits an old school thought? Or may be digital edits with track changes are the most easy-to-understand editing form? Many of you might agree a page clearly marked with edits in pen is easy to understand than its digital counterpart. It's easy to make edits in a word file with track changes on, but edits on a hard copy too has its beauty, clarity and benefits.

Here is a small 6-page e-book on copyediting marks that every copyeditor should know, and which are acceptable by most of the publishers around the globe.

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