![]() ![]() Perfect for: Writers struggling with showing emotion instead of telling. It sheds light on how editors acquire books, what constitutes a strong author-editor relationship, and the editor’s vital role at each stage of the publishing process-a role that extends far beyond marking up the author’s text. ![]() This book will serve as a compendium of professional advice and will be a resource both for those entering the profession (or already in it) and for those outside publishing who seek an understanding of it. Ironically for an industry built on words, there has been a scarcity of written guidance on how to actually approach the work of editing. Representing both large houses and small, and encompassing trade, textbook, academic, and children’s publishing, the contributors make the case for why editing remains a vital function to writers-and readers-everywhere. In What Editors Do, Peter Ginna gathers essays from twenty-seven leading figures in book publishing about their work. This one has been highly recommended so many times. Perfect for: Rookie editors trying to understand how editing and publishing work. ![]()
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