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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 — 1,816 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 — 1,462 ratings — published 2000
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 7,142 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 4.15 — 839 ratings — published
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 87,436 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 — 369 ratings — published 2009
In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 8,584 ratings — published 1995
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 106,591 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 — 1,104 ratings — published 2007
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 9,431 ratings — published 2019
The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.30 — 1,971 ratings — published 2015
The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.70 — 211 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
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.61 — 6,543 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 — 4,408 ratings — published 1996
The Elements of Editing: A Modern Guide for Editors and Journalists (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 317 ratings — published 1982
Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 2,364 ratings — published 1999
The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 1,716 ratings — published 2002
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 3.85 — 650 ratings — published 2000
Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 374 ratings — published 1985
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 31,099 ratings — published 1976
The Editor's Companion: An Indispensable Guide to Editing Books, Magazines, Online Publications, and More (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 176 ratings — published 2014
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 4,818 ratings — published 1995
Art of the Cut (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 179 ratings — published 2008
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.21 — 2,049 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
Max Perkins: Editor of Genius (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 2,036 ratings — published 1978
The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 1,266 ratings — published 2010
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
Developmental Editing, Second Edition: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.03 — 39 ratings — published 2023
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
Garner's Modern American Usage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.60 — 1,070 ratings — published 1998
Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into a Finished Novel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 1,739 ratings — published 2008
Cutting Rhythms: Shaping the Film Edit (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 79 ratings — published 2009
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
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
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 — 1,558 ratings — published 1984
Intuitive Editing: A Creative and Practical Guide to Revising Your Writing (ebook)
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avg rating 4.63 — 467 ratings — published 2020
The Best Punctuation Book, Period (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 541 ratings — published 2014
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 9,308 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 — 9,274 ratings — published 2014
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 — 5,605 ratings — published 2012
Grammatically Correct (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 497 ratings — published 1997
Copyediting and Proofreading For Dummies (For Dummies Series)
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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 3.96 — 140 ratings — published 1993
On Film Editing: An Introduction to the Art of Film Construction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 220 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 — 21,532 ratings — published 1973
“Remove the comma, replace the comma, remove the comma, replace the comma...”
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“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
