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The editor's companion / Janet Mackenzie.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
808.027 MAC	Adult Non Fiction		Bankstown .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0521605695 (pbk.)
Name	Mackenzie, Janet, 1947-
Title	The editor's companion / Janet Mackenzie.
Published	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Description	xii, 219 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207) and indexes.
Contents	1. The editor in context -- 2. The publishing process -- 3. Management and liaison -- 4. Substance and structure -- 5. Language -- 6. Illustrations and tables -- 7. Completeness and consistency -- 8. Proofs -- 9. Editing methods -- 10. Working with documents and files -- 11. Freelance editing -- App. Australian standards for editing practice.
Summary	"The Editor's Companion explains the traditional skills of editing for publication and how to adapt them for digital production. It describes the editorial tasks for all kinds of print and screen publications - from fantasy novels, academic texts and oral history to web pages, government documents and corporate reports. It provides advice on operating a freelance business and includes the Australian Standards for Editing Practice as an appendix. It is an essential tool not only for professional editors but also for media and publications officers, self-publishers and writers editing their own work."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects	Editing
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Editing . Broader Subject References: Authorship . Authors: Mackenzie, Janet, 1947- .