Image from Google Jackets

The subversive copy editor : advice from Chicago (or, how to negotiate good relationships with your writers, your colleagues, and yourself) / Carol Fisher Saller.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishingPublication details: Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016.Edition: Second editionDescription: xix, 186 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780226239903 (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 9780226240077 (paperback : alkaline paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.4/15 23
LOC classification:
  • PN4784.C75 SAL 2016
Contents:
The subversive copy editor -- The good launch -- Working for the reader, through the writer : carefulness, transparency, flexibility -- When things get tough : the difficult author -- The misguided martyr, or, Laying down your life for the serial comma -- Dear writers : a chapter of your own -- When things get tough (the sequel) : the dangerous manuscript -- Know thy word processor -- The living deadline -- That damned village : managing work relationships -- The freelancer's quandaries -- Things we haven't learned yet : keeping up professionally -- The Zen of copyediting -- You still want to be a copy editor? : Breaking in.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre PN 4784.C75 SAL 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 032097 Available mZUlm-032097
Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre PN 4784.C75 SAL 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 032098 Available mZUlm-032098

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The subversive copy editor -- The good launch -- Working for the reader, through the writer : carefulness, transparency, flexibility -- When things get tough : the difficult author -- The misguided martyr, or, Laying down your life for the serial comma -- Dear writers : a chapter of your own -- When things get tough (the sequel) : the dangerous manuscript -- Know thy word processor -- The living deadline -- That damned village : managing work relationships -- The freelancer's quandaries -- Things we haven't learned yet : keeping up professionally -- The Zen of copyediting -- You still want to be a copy editor? : Breaking in.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2022 MZUZU UNIVERSITY