Editing category: 186 books
The Complete INDIE Editor
55 Essential Copy-edits for the Professional Independent Author
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Stay ahead of the competition with this easy to use, step-by-step guide.
When you publish as an Indie Author, be it on an electronic device such as the Kindle or as a printed novel through Createspace or other print-on-demand services, readers are evaluating your writing by using Free First...
Saving Money on Editing & Choosing the Best Editor
Indie Author Guides, #1
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
So, you’ve finally written that book. You’ve lured in readers with a professional cover and a catchy title. Now, you need them to leave positive reviews and, most importantly, buy more of your books.
Having your book professionally edited can help you give your readers what they want and...
Don’t Trust Your Spell Check
Pro Proofreading Tactics And Tests To Eliminate Embarrassing Writing Errors
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Don’t Trust Your Spell Check tackles proofreading and copy editing from a different perspective.
It shows you why we make mistakes, what mistakes we regularly make, and how to spot mistakes before you print or publish content. It also includes over 25 proofreading tests, designed to develop...
Editing Canadian English, 3rd edition
A Guide for Editors, Writers, and Everyone Who Works with Words
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
Editing Canadian English is a style guide, reference manual, judgment-call coach, and much more. Written by expert editors from across the country, it presents a flexible but systematic approach to creating workable Canadian styles.
This comprehensive update includes valuable information on:
•...
The Book Unbound
Editing and Reading Medieval Manuscripts and Texts
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2004
In The Book Unbound, scholars and editors examine how best to use new technological tools and new methodologies with artefacts of medieval literature and culture. Taking into consideration English, French, Anglo-Norman, and Latin texts from several periods, the contributors examine and re-evaluate...
by Katherine Walden
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
You have something important to say, and you're looking for a platform that allows your voice to reach the broadest audience possible. The chances of finding a traditional publisher for your masterpiece are slim to none, and so you have decided to explore the world of self-publishing.
Katherine...
The Writer's Guide to Self-Editing
Essential Tips for Online and Print Publication
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
Over the years, technological advances have given publishers the ability to produce more books and online publications with greater speed. This new efficiency, however, has increased editors' workloads, limiting the amount of detailed editorial feedback that they can provide authors. In turn, writers...
by Michael Robert Evans
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2004
Unlike the myriad writing manuals that emphasize grammar, sentence structure, and other skills necessary for entry-level editing jobs, this engaging book adopts a broader view, beginning with the larger topics of audience, mission, and tone, and working its way down, layer by layer, to the smaller...
Editing Research
Editors who work directly with academic researchers, helping to make their draft manuscripts suitable for publication in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, refer to themselves as "authors' editors." As a profession, author editing has been around for
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Strengthen Your Fiction by Understanding Weasel Words
Weasel words categorized by the problems they indicate and how to find them with one click
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Self-edit better with software you already own!
Whether you’re a writer editing your first novel or a seasoned author wanting to provide your editor with cleaner copy, searching out particular words in your manuscript can help you self-edit with confidence. Weasel words aren’t just words...
by Claire Boston
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
You’ve finished the first draft of your novel. Now to make it shine.
This book will show you how by focusing first on the structural aspects of a great book and then getting down to the nitty gritty of copy editing and proofreading.
Not sure if the beginning will hook the reader? Think...
Dunne With Editing
A Last Look At Your Manuscript
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
Dress your story in its best clothes and get it past the slush pile! Spruce up your manuscript above and beyond what other writers are doing. Dunne With Editing, A Last Look At Your Manuscript gives step-by-step explanations and examples of how to put the finishing touches on your manuscript...
by DerekMurphy, JM Porup
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
No self-published author should publish their work without paying a professional to edit it first. But what if you don't have the money to pay for an editor? Or what if you want to keep your costs down by doing as much editing on your own as you can?
Before you spend money on an editor, work...
by Mark J Dawson, Elizabeth Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
Elizabeth Bailey presents the five editing maxims you need to know to create a page-turner:
• Cut to the chase
• Stay in the character’s head
• Leave out the waffle
• Keep it simple
• Trust your reader
In this essential...