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Editing Books
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The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.20 — 1,814 ratings — published 2009
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
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 7,113 ratings — published 1993
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 — 835 ratings — published
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 87,179 ratings — published 1918
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
In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 8,494 ratings — published 1995
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 106,442 ratings — published 2003
The Chicago Manual of Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 6,186 ratings — published 1906
The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,091 ratings — published 2007
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 9,397 ratings — published 2019
The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,954 ratings — published 2015
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
The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.71 — 203 ratings — published
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.61 — 6,531 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 Editing: A Modern Guide for Editors and Journalists (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 316 ratings — published 1982
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 — 651 ratings — published 2000
Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 2,358 ratings — published 1999
The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 1,712 ratings — published 2002
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 30,894 ratings — published 1976
Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 371 ratings — published 1985
The Editor's Companion: An Indispensable Guide to Editing Books, Magazines, Online Publications, and More (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 174 ratings — published 2014
Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into a Finished Novel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 1,736 ratings — published 2008
Art of the Cut (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.44 — 177 ratings — published 2008
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.21 — 2,045 ratings — published 1981
An Editor's Guide to Working with Authors (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.53 — 83 ratings — published 2010
Garner's Modern American Usage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.60 — 1,067 ratings — published 1998
Max Perkins: Editor of Genius (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 2,028 ratings — published 1978
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 4,794 ratings — published 1995
The Elephants of Style : A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 442 ratings — published 2004
Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get It Published (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 506 ratings — published 2002
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 9,241 ratings — published 2017
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 9,224 ratings — published 2014
The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 1,259 ratings — published 2010
Cutting Rhythms: Shaping the Film Edit (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 77 ratings — published 2009
Copyediting: A Practical Guide (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.54 — 94 ratings — published 1988
Garner's Modern English Usage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.68 — 211 ratings — published
Intuitive Editing: A Creative and Practical Guide to Revising Your Writing (ebook)
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avg rating 4.63 — 466 ratings — published 2020
The Paper It's Written On: Defining your relationship with an editing client (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.69 — 55 ratings — published
The Best Punctuation Book, Period (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 540 ratings — published 2014
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 318,712 ratings — published 2000
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,560 ratings — published 2012
Grammatically Correct (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 497 ratings — published 1997
Copyediting and Proofreading For Dummies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 379 ratings — published 2007
Words into Type (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 127 ratings — published 1948
The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory, and Practice (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 158 ratings — published 1993
On Film Editing: An Introduction to the Art of Film Construction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 221 ratings — published 1984
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 21,406 ratings — published 1973
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
“It has been our experience that American houses insist on very comprehensive editing; that English houses as a rule require little or none and are inclined to go along with the author's script almost without query. The Canadian practice is just what you would expect--a middle-of-the-road course. We think the Americans edit too heavily and interfere with the author's rights. We think that the English publishers don't take enough editorial responsibility. Naturally, then, we consider our editing to be just about perfect. There's no doubt about it, we Canadians are a superior breed! (in a letter to author Margaret Laurence, dated May, 1960)”
― Imagining Canadian Literature: The Selected Letters
― Imagining Canadian Literature: The Selected Letters
“While writing is like a joyful release, editing is a prison where the bars are my former intentions and the abusive warden my own neuroticism.”
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