Arghl That cant even be blamed on the author; it was introduced during in-house
copy editing.
"I wasn't given a reason as to why I shouldn't edit it anymore," he saysin an interview over ANC's "Early Edition." "When you say '
copy editing,'that's substantive editing.
In straightforward sub-editing or
copy editing, though, I have a more hands-on role than I do in tutoring--I have contractual rights and obligations (primarily to the publisher who's hired me) to intervene in the text, to make changes directly, sometimes even to overrule the author's preferences.
Editors Triage, Initial Internal Review,
Copy EditingIt's hard to overstate the degree to which good
copy editing can improve the quality of a publication, and for 30 years, we've had an extraordinary reader scrutinizing every issue.
* Writing must be carefully proofread and free of
copy editing errors.
As a journalism student at Henderson State University, he learned the importance of
copy editing, the unheralded fact-checking, grammar policing and minutia-tending that was once a specialty at all but the smallest papers.
Jordan notes that people may be surprised at the amount of detail that goes into
copy editing AMS journals.
In a Friday memo first published by JimRomenesko.com, James Robinson of Digital First's Bay Area News Group said the company plans to eliminate 11 full-time-equivalent
copy editing jobs, effective next Monday.
Before that, Parrish spent the majority of her career in newsroom roles, from reporting and
copy editing, to travel editor and projects editor.
Changes to the publishing industry since the 1980s have resulted in nearly all
copy editing of book manuscripts being outsourced to freelance copy editors.