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The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.20 — 1,845 ratings — published 2009
The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, with Exercises and Answer Keys (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 1,460 ratings — published 2000
What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.14 — 870 ratings — published 2017
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 7,297 ratings — published 1993
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 88,598 ratings — published 1918
In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 8,964 ratings — published 1995
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 107,057 ratings — published 2003
Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.01 — 373 ratings — published 2009
The Chicago Manual of Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 6,191 ratings — published 1906
The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,143 ratings — published 2007
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 9,622 ratings — published 2019
The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.29 — 2,008 ratings — published 2015
The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.70 — 227 ratings — published
Editors on Editing: What Writers Need to Know About What Editors Do (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 370 ratings — published 1962
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.61 — 6,588 ratings — published 2015
Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 4,431 ratings — published 1996
The Elements of Editing: A Modern Guide for Editors and Journalists (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 322 ratings — published 1982
Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 2,395 ratings — published 1999
The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,735 ratings — published 2002
Lapsing Into a Comma: A Curmudgeon’s Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print—and How to Avoid Them (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 650 ratings — published 2000
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 31,841 ratings — published 1976
Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 378 ratings — published 1985
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.21 — 2,079 ratings — published 1981
The Editor's Companion: An Indispensable Guide to Editing Books, Magazines, Online Publications, and More (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 181 ratings — published 2014
An Editor's Guide to Working with Authors (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.53 — 88 ratings — published 2010
Stein on Writing (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 4,882 ratings — published 1995
Developmental Editing, Second Edition: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 3.91 — 53 ratings — published 2023
Art of the Cut (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 182 ratings — published 2008
Max Perkins: Editor of Genius (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 2,066 ratings — published 1978
The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 1,275 ratings — published 2010
The Elephants of Style : A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 443 ratings — published 2004
Copyediting: A Practical Guide (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.56 — 93 ratings — published 1988
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 22,063 ratings — published 1973
The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors: How to Take Care of Your Business, Your Clients, and Yourself from Start-Up to Sustainability (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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avg rating 4.67 — 46 ratings — published
Editing Fiction at Sentence Level (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.75 — 69 ratings — published
Intuitive Editing: A Creative and Practical Guide to Revising Your Writing (ebook)
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avg rating 4.64 — 492 ratings — published 2020
Garner's Modern American Usage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.61 — 1,075 ratings — published 1998
Cutting Rhythms: Shaping the Film Edit (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 81 ratings — published 2009
Garner's Modern English Usage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.69 — 216 ratings — published
The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,569 ratings — published 1984
The Paper It's Written On: Defining your relationship with an editing client (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.65 — 57 ratings — published
The Best Punctuation Book, Period (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 544 ratings — published 2014
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 9,600 ratings — published 2017
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 329,799 ratings — published 2000
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,745 ratings — published 2012
Grammatically Correct (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 501 ratings — published 1997
Copyediting and Proofreading For Dummies (For Dummies Series)
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avg rating 3.97 — 382 ratings — published 2007
Words into Type (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 128 ratings — published 1948
The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory, and Practice (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 147 ratings — published 1993
On Film Editing: An Introduction to the Art of Film Construction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 225 ratings — published 1984
“For most people, I edit. Most people are definitely getting along on the Cliffs Notes.”
― Otherwise Engaged
― Otherwise Engaged
“Rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, build on to that which is already excellent.”
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