Editing Fact and Fiction: A Concise Guide to Book Editing
Cambridge University Press, 11/17/1994
EAN 9780521450805, ISBN10: 0521450802
Hardcover, 240 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Language: English
Editing Fact and Fiction is a concise, practical guide for people interested in book publishing or already working as editors who want to learn more about the opportunities in various kinds of book editing. Written in a lively, informal style, two editors with extensive experience in a wide variety of fields - fiction and nonfiction, trade and reference, academic and commercial publishing - explain what editors in different jobs really do. This is a book to be read, not just referred to. It will be an indispensable guide for anyone thinking about making a career in book publishing, a valuable resource for editors working in publishing who want to enlarge their knowledge, and a useful tool for senior editors in training their staff.
1. Who (and what) is an editor?
2. Fact or fiction? Finding your niche
3. Principles to edit by
4. The editor's senses
5. The editor's sensibility
6. A guide to editorial freelancing
7. Electronic editing today and tomorrow
8. Tools of the trade and how to use them.