The essential resource for aspiring and professional editors. Whether you are a student of the craft or a working editor, you need The Complete Canadian Book Editor. From building and managing author relationships, through acquiring and developing manuscripts, to every level of text editing and proofing for print and ebooks, editors play integral roles in the operations of a book publishing house. In The Complete Canadian Book Editor, veteran editor and professor Leslie Vermeer sets out both the concepts and the processes that an effective editor must command. Dr. Vermeer guides aspiring editors in presenting themselves successfully to employers and clients, and working editors will recognize the voice of a mentor in her advice about career advancement. Editors at all levels—along with authors and self-publishers—will find in The Complete Canadian Book Editor all of the step-by-step editorial tools they need to take projects from promising beginnings to their full potential. With exercises throughout, The Complete Canadian Book Editor reinforces key concepts, and builds your skills as an expert editor. Topics include: Manuscript acquisition and book contracts. Editorial stages, from development to proofreading. Design and production, including digital workflow. What every editor needs to know about marketing. The state of book publishing in Canada today. The future of publishing, and why editors are more important than ever before.

Vermeer, Leslie

Detselig Enterprises Ltd.

Brush Education Inc.

Canada - English Language, Canada

PT, 2016

"The Complete Canadian Book Editor provides students, teachers, and working editors with the background information and specific skills they need to train for in-house or freelance work as a book editor. Its orientation is practical and skill based. Chapter by chapter it describes the practices and processes involved in book editing that will help emerging editors understand what will be expected of them in a book-publishing role and to position themselves appropriately for potential employers and clients. It also connects book editing to a larger body of communication theory and economics. The book begins with an overview of book publishing and a brief history of professional editing. Then it moves into specific tasks for which book editors may be responsible: acquiring manuscripts, offering contracts, working with authors, preparing a manuscript for publication, working with other editors, understanding design and manufacturing, and collaborating with sales and marketing staff. Throughout, the book presents exercises to practise specific skills and tasks, and provides models of particular documents and practices, inviting readers to reflect on them. Book editing involves so much more than dotting i's and crossing t's. The Complete Canadian Book Editor is intended to introduce the breadth and depth of the profession to working editors, would-be editors, self-publishing authors, and anyone who wants to know more about how book publishing works."-- Provided by publisher

2024-01-26