Butcher's Copy-editing
The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Copy-editors and Proofreaders
4th Edition
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- Date Published: October 2006
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521847131
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Since its first publication in 1975, Judith Butcher's Copy-editing has become firmly established as a classic reference guide. This fourth edition has been comprehensively revised to provide an up-to-date and clearly presented source of information for all those involved in preparing typescripts and illustrations for publication. From the basics of how to prepare text and illustrations for the designer and typesetter, through the ground rules of house style, to how to read and correct proofs, Copy-editing covers all aspects of the editorial process. New and revised features: • up-to-date advice on indexes, inclusive language, reference systems and preliminary pages • a chapter devoted to on-screen copy-editing • guidance on digital coding and publishing in other media such as e-books • updated to take account of modern typesetting and printing technology • an expanded section on law books • an essential tool for new and experienced copy-editors, working freelance or in-house.
Read more- Completely revised to reflect developments in electronic publishing
- A classic reference guide for all those involved in preparing text and illustrations for publication
- Clear explanations, examples and checklists provide an essential tool for new and experienced copy-editors
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"...Butcher and colleagues have produced a versatile book for either a quick reference or a thorough study of copy editing."
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- Edition: 4th Edition
- Date Published: October 2006
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521847131
- length: 558 pages
- dimensions: 231 x 155 x 30 mm
- weight: 1kg
- contains: 28 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Preliminary copy-editing, design and specimen pages
3. Preparing the typescript for the typesetter
4. Illustrations
5. Proofs
6. House style
7. Preliminary pages
8. Indexes
9. Other parts of a book
10. Bibliographical references
11. Literary material
12. Multi-author and multi-volume works
13. Science and mathematics books
14. Other special subjects
15. Reprints and new editions
16. On-screen editing Anne Waddingham
Appendixes:
1. Checklist of copy-editing
2. Book sizes
3. Abbreviations for states in the USA
4. Phonetic symbols
5. The Russian alphabet
6. Old English and Middle English letters
7. French and German bibliographical terms and abbreviations
8. Mathematical symbols
9. Hebrew
10. Arabic
11. Islamic and other calendars
12. Countries of the former USSR, Baltic States and former Yugoslavia
13. Proof correction symbols
14. How to check that an ISBN is correct.
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