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The Editor´s Companion
Janet Mackenzie
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Description for The Editor´s Companion
paperback. The Editor's Companion explains how to adapt the traditional skills of editing for digital production. Num Pages: 268 pages, 36 b/w illus. BIC Classification: CBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 478. 268 pages, 36 b/w illus. The Editor's Companion explains how to adapt the traditional skills of editing for digital production. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: CBW. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 14. Weight: 478.
As the knowledge economy takes shape, editors face many challenges. Technology is transforming publishing, text is losing out to graphics, and writing is distorted by cliché, hype and spin. More than ever, editors are needed to add value to information and to rescue readers from boredom and confusion. 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 print and screen publications, from fantasy novels and academic texts to web pages and government documents. It is an essential tool for professional editors, as well as ... Read more
As the knowledge economy takes shape, editors face many challenges. Technology is transforming publishing, text is losing out to graphics, and writing is distorted by cliché, hype and spin. More than ever, editors are needed to add value to information and to rescue readers from boredom and confusion. 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 print and screen publications, from fantasy novels and academic texts to web pages and government documents. It is an essential tool for professional editors, as well as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
477g
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107402188
SKU
V9781107402188
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-28
About Janet Mackenzie
Janet Mackenzie is a freelance editor with more than 40 years' experience in the profession and has conducted many training workshops on editing. She is an honorary life member of the Society of Editors (Victoria), a Distinguished Editor of the Institute of Professional Editors and recipient of the George Robertson Award for services to publishing.
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