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Butcher's Copy-editing

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Butcher's Copy-editing

Butcher's Copy-editing

The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Copy-editors and Proofreaders
4th Edition
October 2006
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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.

    • 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

    Reviews & endorsements

    '… excellent …'. Neil Paterson, The Bookseller

    'This is a monument to clarity and clear thinking: a master class in what is fast becoming a lost art … no printer should be without this book. No publisher. No editor and certainly no self-publisher.' Writer's Forum

    'It is described as a handbook for editors, copy-editors and proofreaders, and it ought to be in the reference section of your public library. It is one book I never lend.' Writers Forum

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    Product details

    October 2006
    Hardback
    9780521847131
    558 pages
    231 × 155 × 30 mm
    1kg
    28 b/w illus.
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    Contents

    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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      Contributors

    • Anne Waddingham

      • Authors
    • Judith Butcher

      Judith Butcher has a wealth of editorial experience, gained first at Penguin Books, then at Cambridge University Press, where she was head of the copy-editing department. She is Honorary President of the SfEP.

    • Caroline Drake

      Caroline Drake worked for publishers in London, Berlin and Oxford before joining Cambridge University Press in 1989. In 2005 she began to edit, write and train copy-editors on a freelance basis.

    • Maureen Leach

      Maureen Leach worked at Cambridge University Press from 1973 until 2001, running the humanities and social sciences copy-editorial department from 1985. She now works as a freelance editor, copy-editor and proofreader.

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