Copyediting and Proofreading For Dummies 1st Edition by Suzanne Gilad (PDF)

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Turn your knack for language into a lucrative careerMust-know techniques and resources for maximizing your accuracy and speedInterested in becoming a copyeditor or proofreader? Want to know more about what each job entails? This friendly guide helps you position yourself for success. Polish your skills, build a winning résumé and land the job you’ve always wanted. Books, magazines, Web sites, corporate documents – find out how to improve any type of publication and make yourself indispensable to writers, editors, and your boss.Balance between style and rulesMaster the art of the queryUse proofreader symbolsEdit and proof electronic documentsBuild a solid freelancing career

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Editorial Reviews: From the Inside Flap Turn your knack for language into a lucrative careerMust-know techniques and resources for maximizing your accuracy and speedInterested in becoming a copyeditor or proofreader? Want to know more about what each job entails? This friendly guide helps you position yourself for success. Polish your skills, build a winning résumé, and land the job you’ve always wanted. Books, magazines, Web sites, corporate documents — find out how to improve any type of publication and make yourself indispensable to writers, editors, and your boss. THE DUMMIES WAY®Explanations in plain English “Get in, get out” information Icons and other navigational aids Online cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and fun Discover how to:Balance between style and rules Master the art of the query Use proofreader symbols Edit and proof electronic documents Build a solid freelancing career Get Smart! @www.dummies.comFind listings of all our booksChoose from many different subject categoriesSign up for eTips at etips.dummies.com From the Back Cover Turn your knack for language into a lucrative careerMust-know techniques and resources for maximizing your accuracy and speedInterested in becoming a copyeditor or proofreader? Want to know more about what each job entails? This friendly guide helps you position yourself for success. Polish your skills, build a winning résumé, and land the job you’ve always wanted. Books, magazines, Web sites, corporate documents — find out how to improve any type of publication and make yourself indispensable to writers, editors, and your boss. THE DUMMIES WAY®Explanations in plain English “Get in, get out” information Icons and other navigational aids Online cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and fun Discover how to:Balance between style and rules Master the art of the query Use proofreader symbols Edit and proof electronic documents Build a solid freelancing career Get Smart! @www.dummies.comFind listings of all our booksChoose from many different subject categoriesSign up for eTips at etips.dummies.com About the Author Suzanne Gilad has proofread or copyedited over 1,200 titles for more than 20 prominent publishing imprints. Read more

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⭐If you’re interested in proofreading, you know you are no dummy. This is a good intro to both proofreading and copyediting, how to do them, and to some extent, how to make a career. I haven’t had a chance to proofread this entire book, so I can’t attest to its accuracy, but I’m impressed with the breadth of content.Published in 2007, it touches on electronic proofreading and editing but doesn’t delve into the dozens (hundreds?) of apps and software in use for editing today, nor does it address the challenges of proofing collaborative and cloud documents. It might be time for an updated edition!

⭐The first thing I did was laugh at the review that gave this book a low score and said she wasn’t feeling it. Sorry, I normally wouldn’t even read the other reviews for this type of book, but that one gave me my laugh of the day. Whether you want to break into proofreading and copyediting, or whether you just need a quick brush-up, this book isn’t bad. There are things it misses going over, but they are things that the normal proofreader won’t normally run into. I edit contracts, corporate brochures and correspondence, annual meeting documents, etc., and this book has come in handy numerous times. This is my second copy, because I needed an updated one (plus my first one had fallen apart).

⭐I am an experienced professional copyeditor. I ordered this on recommendation by a colleague in an editing group and was pleased to find information I didn’t know yet. It is helping me expand my offerings. I recommend this to anyone who would like to edit or is a less experienced editor.

⭐This book was written in 2007. Not a single thing is relevant now – software, style manuals, the publishing industry, online marketplaces…The errors in the book range from the mundane to the frankly bizarre. On page 326 for example, she says “proofreading has been around for centuries – since the first monk printed that weighty tome.” Monks with printing presses? She seems to be kind of thinking of the medieval monks who were scribes, but who knows.

⭐This is by far the most helpful book that I’ve read when it comes to learning how to edit. Being able to see examples was immensely helpful. There were a few things that threw me off, like EDITING errors (or at least inconsistencies), but I caught on. For example, on page 243 she explains some different basic codes in electronic editing. One of them is [NL] = numbered list. Then on page 250 she uses [UN] for an unnumbered list even though she never mentioned the “[UN]” code anywhere in the list of codes. There were a couple instances of that sort of thing happening.But overall I would absolutely recommend this book if you’re thinking of becoming an editor or proofreader or going to school to be one. It’s a must-have book on my shelf.

⭐Just started proofreading and copyediting and while “The Chicago Style Manual – 16th edition” is THE bible for the publishing house i freelance for, this has helped me realize many of the common questions I had: How to break into the business when you are new? How to present yourself to publishing houses (and their addresses are here!) using what for a resume? What are some common mistakes – such as “their, they’re or there”? – which BTW if that rankles you when someone gets it wrong, you’re in the right business. However, does not specify when to use “than or then”…. Love Ms Gilad’s style: friendly and unassuming and yet instructive. However, can be too simplistic at times, omitting heavier questions of usage. For that you can always go to the questions at “The Chicago Manual’s” website. That’s the only reason I gave it a 4 star review vs 5. Helpful by all means, BUT not in depth enough for me. All in all, this is worth purchasing for many good insights and info you wont find elsewhere.

⭐I’m a professional writer and editor, and I think this book is a fantastic tutorial on how to dig into a proofreading or editing job. Though it’s not really style-guide specific, I like keeping a copy of this book on my shelf for a quick reference — Gilad’s grammar and punctuation examples are really top notch.

⭐The contents of this book are very helpful, especially for someone just getting into copyediting or proofreading. There are a lot of great resources included and a lot of publishing terminology is also explained. I would love to see an updated version of this book as some of the websites and listed resources no longer exist (this is the reason for the four-star rating, instead of five).

⭐I have given three stars because 2 stars are “don’t like it”I agree with all the other comments “OK for US but no good for UK” I hope the blurb is changed to reflct this.There are some good points but overall a disaappointment,but considering the cost I will put this down to experience.I ave noticed however that the standard of news bulletins now seems to have slipped into mid Atlantic mode so perhaps this book may be useful after all. There are now verbs like “showcase” “hike” !!!! What happened to presented and increase.

⭐As I was considering looking to doing this as a hobby, was looking for help and assistance to start off. Quote a lot of reading and will take time to digest and work through the book.

⭐Was thinking of a career change. Book was east to understand.

⭐Excellent product as described.

⭐Good info. on proofreading and copy-editing.

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