Research Catalog

Title

What editors do : the art, craft, and business of book editing / edited by Peter Ginna.

Publication

• Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

Ginna, Peter

Description

310 pages; 23 cm

Series Statement

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing

Uniform Title

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.

Subjects

• Editing
• Publishers and publishing

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- The three phases of editing -- Acquisition: finding the book. Where it all begins / by Peter Ginna -- The alchemy of acquisitions: twelve rules for trade editors / by Jonathan Karp ; Thinking like a scholarly editor: the how and why of academic publishing / by Gregory M. Britton ; The lords of disciplines: acquiring college textbooks / by Peter Coveney -- The editing process: from proposal to book. The book's journey / by Nancy S. Miller ; What love's got to do with it: the author-editor relationship / by Betsy Lerner ; The other side of the desk: what I learned about editing when I became a literary agent / by Susan Rabiner ; Open-heart surgery, or just a nip and tuck?: developmental editing / by Scott Norton -- This needs just a little work: on line editing / by George Witte ; Toward accuracy, clarity, and consistency: what copyeditors do / by Carol Fisher Saller -- Publication: bringing the book to the reader. The flip side of the pizza: the editor as manager / by Michael Pietsch ; Start spreading the news: the editor as evangelist / by Calvert D. Morgan Jr ; The half-open door: independent publishing and community / by Jeff Shotts -- From mystery to memoir: categories and case studies. Listening to the music: editing literary fiction / by Erika Goldman ; Dukes, deaths, and dragons: editing genre fiction / by Diana Gill -- Marginalia: on editing general nonfiction / by Matt Weiland ; Once upon a time lasts forever: editing books for children / by Nancy Siscoe ; Lives that matter: editing biography, autobiography, and memoir / by Wendy Wolf ; From monographs to magnum opuses: editing works of scholarship / by Susan Ferber ; Reliable sources: reference editing and publishing / by Anne Savarese ; The pink should be a surprise: creating illustrated books / by Deb Aaronson -- Pursuing a publishing career: varieties of editorial experience. Widening the gates: why publishing needs diversity / by Chris Jackson ; The apprentice: on being an editorial assistant / by Katie Henderson Adams ; This pencil for hire: making a career as a freelance editor / by Katharine O'Moore-Klopf ; The self-publisher as self-editor / by Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry ; A new age of discovery: the editor's role in a changing publishing industry / by Jane Friedman -- Conclusion. As time goes by: the past and future of editing.

Call Number

JFE 17-10210

ISBN

• 9780226299839
• 022629983X
• 9780226299976
• 022629997X

LCCN

• 2017025411
• 40027547743

OCLC

975915893

Title

What editors do : the art, craft, and business of book editing / edited by Peter Ginna.

Publisher

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing

Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Ginna, Peter, editor.

Other Standard Identifier

40027547743

Research Call Number

JFE 17-10210