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The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, with Exercises and Answer Keys (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 1,464 ratings — published 2000
The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.20 — 1,814 ratings — published 2009
The Chicago Manual of Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 6,185 ratings — published 1906
What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.16 — 834 ratings — published
The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.71 — 201 ratings — published
Words into Type (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 127 ratings — published 1948
Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.01 — 368 ratings — published 2009
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.61 — 6,524 ratings — published 2015
Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 4,404 ratings — published 1996
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 87,127 ratings — published 1918
Garner's Modern American Usage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.60 — 1,067 ratings — published 1998
The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 114 ratings — published 2024
The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 355 ratings — published 2004
Max Perkins: Editor of Genius (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 2,027 ratings — published 1978
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 9,389 ratings — published 2019
Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.63 — 1,040 ratings — published 2006
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 9,215 ratings — published 2014
The Best Punctuation Book, Period (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 539 ratings — published 2014
Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 371 ratings — published 1985
Lapsing Into a Comma: A Curmudgeon’s Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print—and How to Avoid Them (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 650 ratings — published 2000
The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing (Essential Resource Library) (Essential Resource Library)
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avg rating 4.13 — 227 ratings — published 2000
Copyediting: A Practical Guide (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.53 — 95 ratings — published 1988
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 318,184 ratings — published 2000
The Copyeditor's Workbook: Exercises and Tips for Honing Your Editorial Judgment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 26 ratings — published
The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors: How to Take Care of Your Business, Your Clients, and Yourself from Start-Up to Sustainability (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.73 — 37 ratings — published
Editors on Editing: What Writers Need to Know About What Editors Do (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 368 ratings — published 1962
On Revision: The Only Writing That Counts (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 3.89 — 178 ratings — published
It Was The Best Of Sentences, It Was The Worst Of Sentences: A Writer's Guide To Crafting Killer Sentences (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,602 ratings — published 2010
The Editor's Companion: An Indispensable Guide to Editing Books, Magazines, Online Publications, and More (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 173 ratings — published 2014
The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,088 ratings — published 2007
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 2,837 ratings — published 1843
The Fine Art of Copyediting (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.51 — 47 ratings — published 1991
Copy-Editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Authors and Publishers (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 65 ratings — published 1975
Stet: An Editor's Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 1,624 ratings — published 2000
The Business of Editing: Effective and Efficient Ways to Think, Work, and Prosper (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 2013
The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,553 ratings — published 1984
The Gregg Reference Manual: A Manual of Style, Grammar, Usage, and Formatting (Spiral-bound)
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avg rating 4.28 — 398 ratings — published 1951
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 9,230 ratings — published 2017
Copyediting and Proofreading For Dummies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 379 ratings — published 2007
Marketing Your Editing & Proofreading Business (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 40 ratings — published 2014
Write Through It: An Insider's Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.57 — 140 ratings — published 2025
All About Copyediting: 55 Easy Steps To Improve Your Novel (Writing, Editing & Proofreading Skills)
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avg rating 3.67 — 6 ratings — published
Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 6,033 ratings — published 1998
Elements of Style 2017 (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.38 — 76 ratings — published
Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 413 ratings — published
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 917 ratings — published 1997
Substance & Style: Instruction and Practice in Copyediting (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 21 ratings — published 1989
AP Style Guide Simplified: Associated Press Style Manual: AP Quick Study Concise Guide (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
Grammar 101: From Split Infinitives to Dangling Participles, an Essential Guide to Understanding Grammar (Adams 101 Series)
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avg rating 4.09 — 88 ratings — published 2017
The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need: A One-Stop Source for Every Writing Assignment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,190 ratings — published 2003
“When I started as a journalist the first company I worked for had an old newspaper man called Harold who ruled the newsroom. He was called chief sub-editor – the ‘sub’ is the person who fixes your mistakes before they go into the newspaper or magazine – although it was inconceivable that anyone could have worked under him.
Every morning he would arrive at 4 am and edit all the copy, looking for these mistakes, and a thousand more that he had internalised in the 50 years to that date. If you made unnecessary errors, he’d call you in to his cubbyhole and shout at you in front of your mates, while you stared at his one remaining front tooth as it wobbled precariously.”
― Talk Normal: Stop the Business Speak, Jargon and Waffle
Every morning he would arrive at 4 am and edit all the copy, looking for these mistakes, and a thousand more that he had internalised in the 50 years to that date. If you made unnecessary errors, he’d call you in to his cubbyhole and shout at you in front of your mates, while you stared at his one remaining front tooth as it wobbled precariously.”
― Talk Normal: Stop the Business Speak, Jargon and Waffle
“Copyediting shows the choice and policy of a copy editor; it can change the context of original writing; it represses the neutrality and writing style of a writer.”
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