Turn your knack for language into a lucrative career Must-know techniques and resources for maximizing your accuracy and speed
Interested 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 rules
- Master the art of the query
- Use proofreader symbols
- Edit and proof electronic documents
- Build a solid freelancing career
Table of Contents:
Introduction 1
Part I: Welcome to the Word World 7
Chapter 1: Reading as a Job? Oh, Yes 9
Chapter 2: Jobs for Bookworms 17
Chapter 3: Other Publishing Opportunities 31
Part II: Conquering Copyediting 43
Chapter 4: So, What Does a Copyeditor Do? 45
Chapter 5: What Makes a Good Copyeditor Great 61
Chapter 6: A Handful of Copyediting Specialties 77
Chapter 7: The Copyediting Process in Action 91
Part III: Picking Up a Proofreading Career 109
Chapter 8: So, What Does a Proofreader Do? 111
Chapter 9: Mastering the Proofreading Symbols 119
Chapter 10: Dipping Your Pencil in the Proofreading Waters 139
Chapter 11: Watching a Proofreader in Action 157
Part IV: Adding to Your Repertoire 169
Chapter 12: Boning Up on Punctuation and Usage 171
Chapter 13: Dissecting Books and Magazines 199
Chapter 14: Balancing Between Style and Rules 217
Chapter 15: Creating and Using the All-Important Style Sheet 227
Chapter 16: Formatting a Manuscript 241
Chapter 17: Editing and Proofreading Electronically 255
Part V: Turning Your Skills into Paychecks 273
Chapter 18: Hunting for Work 275
Chapter 19: Preparing for a Freelance Career 289
Chapter 20: Keeping the Freelance Jobs Coming 299
Part VI: The Part of Tens 315
Chapter 21: Ten Keys to Success as a Copyeditor 317
Chapter 22: Ten Keys to Success as a Proofreader 325
Part VII: Appendixes 333
Appendix A: Commonly Misspelled Words 335
Appendix B: Glossary 339
Appendix C: Online Resources 345
Index 349
About the Author :
Suzanne Gilad has proofread or copyedited over 1,200 titles for more than 20 prominent publishing imprints.
