Butcher's Copy-Editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Copy-Editors and Proofreaders

Contents......Page 6
List of illustrations......Page 9
Preface to the fourth edition......Page 10
Preface to the third edition......Page 11
Preface to the first edition......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 15
1.1 What is copy-editing?......Page 16
1.2 Typescripts: hard-copy, electronic and camera-ready......Page 20
1.3 Capturing the text electronically......Page 22
1.4 Typescripts corrected by the author......Page 25
1.5 Author-generated camera-ready copy and print-ready files......Page 28
1.6 Copy-editing on-screen......Page 30
2 Preliminary copy-editing, design and specimen pages......Page 32
2.1 Briefing the designer......Page 35
3.1 Various legal aspects......Page 43
3.2 How much copy-editing to do......Page 45
3.3 Writing to the author......Page 48
3.4 Complete, self-explanatory copy......Page 51
3.5 A well-organized and consistent book......Page 60
3.6 Marking up the typescript......Page 65
3.7 Copyright permissions and acknowledgements......Page 76
3.8 Before passing the typescript on......Page 81
3.9 Jacket and cover copy......Page 82
4 Illustrations......Page 84
4.1 What needs to be done......Page 90
4.2 Line illustrations......Page 95
4.3 Maps......Page 100
4.4 Graphs......Page 103
4.5 Halftones......Page 105
5 Proofs......Page 110
5.1 How to read proofs......Page 113
5.2 How to mark corrections......Page 116
5.3 Colour-coding corrections......Page 118
5.4 Minimizing corrections and costs......Page 120
5.6 Collating the proofs......Page 121
5.7 Second proof......Page 128
5.8 Press proof......Page 129
5.10 After passing proofs for press......Page 130
6.1 Abbreviations......Page 132
6.2 Bias and parochialisms......Page 137
6.3 Capitalization......Page 141
6.4 Cross-references......Page 144
6.5 Dates and time......Page 145
6.6 Foreign languages......Page 148
6.7 Italic......Page 152
6.9 Money......Page 156
6.10 Numbers......Page 157
6.11 Proper names......Page 162
6.12 Punctuation......Page 165
6.14 Spelling......Page 173
6.15 Miscellaneous points......Page 177
7 Preliminary pages......Page 182
7.2 Series page......Page 185
7.4 Title page......Page 186
7.5 Verso of title page (or imprints page)......Page 187
7.6 Imprints pages for e-books......Page 194
7.8 Contents list......Page 195
7.10 List of illustrations......Page 196
7.11 List of tables......Page 197
7.13 Preface, foreword, introduction......Page 198
7.16 Other items......Page 199
8 Indexes......Page 200
8.1 What needs to be done......Page 203
8.2 General organization......Page 205
8.3 Style within the entry......Page 215
9.1 Running heads......Page 222
9.2 Page numbers......Page 226
9.3 Headings......Page 227
9.4 Footnotes and endnotes......Page 230
9.5 Tables......Page 235
9.6 Appendixes......Page 244
9.7 Glossaries......Page 245
10 Bibliographical references......Page 246
10.1 Short-title system......Page 248
10.2 Author–date system......Page 272
10.3 Reference by number only......Page 279
10.5 Lists of further reading......Page 281
10.6 Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)......Page 283
11.1 Quotations......Page 284
11.2 Poetry......Page 293
11.3 Plays......Page 294
11.4 Anthologies and collections of essays......Page 298
11.5 Scholarly editions......Page 299
11.6 Translations......Page 306
12.1 Books with more than one author......Page 309
12.2 Works in more than one volume......Page 317
13 Science and mathematics books......Page 322
13.1 General points......Page 324
13.2 Nomenclature......Page 327
13.3 Units......Page 337
13.4 Astronomy......Page 339
13.5 Biology......Page 343
13.6 Chemistry......Page 348
13.7 Computing......Page 351
13.8 Geology......Page 358
13.9 Medicine......Page 359
13.10 References......Page 362
14.1 Classical books......Page 365
14.2 Books on law......Page 375
14.3 Music......Page 391
15.1 Reprints......Page 405
15.2 New editions......Page 407
15.3 Preliminary pages......Page 409
15.4 Illustrations......Page 413
15.5 Permissions......Page 414
16.1 Introduction......Page 415
16.2 Process......Page 419
16.3 File transfer......Page 425
16.4 Health and safety concerns......Page 432
16.5 Software tools......Page 433
16.6 Other types of on-screen editing......Page 439
16.7 Checklist for on-screen editing......Page 442
General......Page 447
House style......Page 449
Preliminary pages......Page 451
Subheadings......Page 454
Tables......Page 455
Numbered or unnumbered lists......Page 456
Index......Page 457
Bibliographical references......Page 458
Literary material......Page 459
Science and mathematics......Page 460
Illustrations......Page 462
Reprints......Page 463
Proof stage......Page 464
2 Book sizes......Page 468
3 Abbreviations for states in the USA......Page 469
4 Phonetic symbols......Page 471
5 The Russian alphabet......Page 472
6 Old English and Middle English letters......Page 473
7 French and German bibliographical terms and abbreviations......Page 474
8 Mathematical symbols......Page 477
9 Hebrew......Page 481
10 Arabic......Page 485
11 Islamic, Chinese, Japanese and French Revolutionary calendars......Page 490
12 Countries of the former USSR, Baltic states and former Yugoslavia......Page 493
13 Proof correction symbols......Page 494
14 How to check that an ISBN is correct......Page 499
Glossary......Page 500
Select bibliography and other resources......Page 522
Index......Page 525