The Concise Guide to Copy Editing: Preparing Written Work for Readers

by Paul LaRocque

Book Overview

Conveniently organized to serve as a training tool for new or improving copy editors, this guide teaches how to best serve clients. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972993711
• ISBN13: 9780972993715
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Marion Street Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.7" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

For anyone seriously interested in copy editing as a career

Expertly written by experienced journalist and journalism educator Paul LaRocque, The Concise Guide To Copy Editing: Preparing Written Work For Readers is a straightforward and comprehensive introduction to the skill of editing text with the needs of the reader foremost in mind. Principles and examples concerning general order of ideas, compressing and strengthening prose, common grammar errors, and the overall self-improvement of personal editing skills, The Concise Guide To Copy Editing is a "must-read" introduction for anyone seriously interested in copy editing as a career -- as well as an invaluable instructional for aspiring authors or novice publishers wanting to know what the proper duties and responsibilities of a copy editor are within the framework contemporary publishing.