Tag Archives: Style sheets

Fact-checking timesavers

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

Checking facts in the realm of general knowledge is a part of a copy editor’s job, and for some genres, like history or biography, it can be one of the most time consuming. Fortunately, a couple of really simple tools … Continue reading →

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Style sheets with substance

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

Ruth Wilson gave a scintillating presentation at last evening’s EAC-BC meeting about style sheets—an area, she says, that new editors often struggle with. A style sheet is distinct from a publisher’s style guide (which applies to all of the publisher’s … Continue reading →

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Academic editing

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Iva Cheung| 1 Comment

At last evening’s EAC-BC meeting, David Harrison spoke about academic editing. His perspective was quite a bit different from mine—he seems to have gained most of his experience working directly with academic authors, often helping them prepare a manuscript for … Continue reading →

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Editing the editor: style sheets

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Iva Cheung| 1 Comment

It’s easy to understand how a book’s style sheet can fall off a copy editor’s priority list in the rush to meet a deadline—and how tempting it can be simply to alphabetize the word list and send it in. But … Continue reading →

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