What editors do : the art, craft, and business of book editing /

What editors do : the art, craft, and business of book editing /

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Imprint:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Description:	310 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.
Subject:	Editing. Publishers and publishing. Editing. Publishers and publishing.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11373480

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Other authors / contributors:	Ginna, Peter, editor.
ISBN:	9780226299839 022629983X 9780226299976 022629997X 9780226300030
Notes:	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"[This book] gathers essays from twenty-seven leading figures in book publishing about their work. Representing both large houses and small, and encompassing trade, textbook, academic, and children's publishing, the contributors make the case for why editing remains a vital function to writers--and readers--everywhere. Ironically for an industry built on words, there has been a scarcity of written guidance on how to actually approach the work of editing. This book will serve as a compendium of professional advice and will be a resource both for those entering the profession (or already in it) and for those outside publishing who seek an understanding of it. It sheds light on how editors acquire books, what constitutes a strong author-editor relationship, and the editor's vital role at each stage of the publishing process--a role that extends far beyond marking up the author's text. This collection treats editing as both art and craft, and also as a career. It explores how editors balance passion against the economic realities of publishing."--
Standard no.:	40027547743

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