Product Description: Long out of print―and an underground favorite of publishers and writers―this gathering celebrates in their own words an endangered species: the literary editor. First published in 1980, The Art of Literary Publishing is also a how-to manual for literate survival in an age of corporate gigantism; it features legendary voices from the past and present in twenty-four chapters by Cleanth Brooks, Maxwell Perkins, John Farrar, Maurice Girodias, James Laughlin, William Phillips, Saxe Commins, John Galassi, Simon Michael Bessie, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Smith, Ishmael Reed, Theodore Solotaroff, and others, plus a new introduction by the editor...read more

Tells would-be novelists about the fiction market, offers advice on grammar, style, character development, and plot, and explains how to deal with agents and editors

A comprehensive manual, based on the practices of the Cambridge University Press, for preparing manuscript copy and illustrations for printing, explaining all work to be done at each stage in the production process

Product Description: Long out of print―and an underground favorite of publishers and writers―this gathering celebrates in their own words an endangered species: the literary editor. First published in 1980, The Art of Literary Publishing is also a how-to manual for literate survival in an age of corporate gigantism; it features legendary voices from the past and present in twenty-four chapters by Cleanth Brooks, Maxwell Perkins, John Farrar, Maurice Girodias, James Laughlin, William Phillips, Saxe Commins, John Galassi, Simon Michael Bessie, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Smith, Ishmael Reed, Theodore Solotaroff, and others, plus a new introduction by the editor...read more

Surveys the standards of grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and usage for any material written for publication and outlines the procedures for preparing manuscripts, editing copy, and indexing

Product Description: Style Manuals of the English-Speaking World: A Guide

Presents guidelines for using bibliographical citations. (view table of contents)

Provides information on such stylistic aspects of the research paper as title page, footnotes, and bibliography

Product Description: The essential guide for all writers. With over 700 examples of original and edited sentences, this book provides information about editing techniques, grammar, and usage for every writer from the student to the published author.

Explains how to edit a manuscript, surveys the processes of design and printing, and discusses the workings of the publishing industry

Product Description: The essential desk reference for authors, editors, and publishers of scientific research, the ACS Style Guide is a complete stylistic handbook. Topics include grammar, style, usage, illustrations, tables, lists, and units of measure, as well as the conventions used in chemistry...read more

Product Description: paperback

Discusses the basic steps of electronic publishing

An editor for thirty years analyzes the craft of fiction editing, discussing the abilities and training needed to be effective, how to help writers develop their novels, and many other aspects of the editing technique

Product Description: Six papers given at the 21st Annual Conference on Editorial Problems, November 1-2, 1985. Table of contents, biographical notes on the contributors, introduction by the editor, listing of members of the conference, index. Listing of previous conference publications...read more

Product Description: Book by Anderson, Dorothy