The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications
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PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION: "The first three chapters alone are worth the cover price. It's a book that acknowledges an assortment of vexing copyediting questions and offers multiple answers to most of them."—Gary Hernandez, Technical Communication "An excellent textbook to teach the essentials of copyediting. An excellent reference work for workplace writing."—Mark Armstrong, Business Communication Quarterly "Brims with valuable information, good advice, and helpful suggestions for novice copyeditors and experienced practitioners."—Alice Levine, The Denver Publishing Institute "An indispensable reference tool."—Kim Hawley, President, The Chicago Book Clinic "Thorough, useful, helpful, and smart."—Constance Hale, author of Sin and Syntax and Wired Style "Straightforward, sound advice for beginning or intermediate copyeditors working with pencil or online."—Priscilla S. Taylor, The Editorial Eye "Lays out the copyeditor's obligations with humor, style, and perspective."—Walter Pagel, Science Editor
1What copyeditors do32Basic procedures293Reference books and resources574Punctuation715Spelling and hyphenation1216Capitalization1517Numbers and numerals1718Quotations1969Abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols21610Tables, graphs, and art24211References27412Front and back matter29713Typecoding30914Grammar : principles and pitfalls33515Beyond grammar377
