Butcher's Copy-editing

The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Copy-editors and Proofreaders

Judith Butcher, Caroline Drake, Maureen Leach

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2006
• Print ISBN:
  9780521847131
• Edition: 4
• eBook ISBN:
  9780511247729
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Journalism
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Since its first publication in 1975, Judith Butcher's Copy-editing has become firmly established as a classic reference guide. This fourth edition has been comprehensively revised to provide an up-to-date and clearly presented source of information for all those involved in preparing typescripts and illustrations for publication. From the basics of how to prepare text and illustrations for the designer and typesetter, through the ground rules of house style, to how to read and correct proofs, Copy-editing covers all aspects of the editorial process. New and revised features: • up-to-date advice on indexes, inclusive language, reference systems and preliminary pages • a chapter devoted to on-screen copy-editing • guidance on digital coding and publishing in other media such as e-books • updated to take account of modern typesetting and printing technology • an expanded section on law books • an essential tool for new and experienced copy-editors, working freelance or in-house.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Preface to the fourth edition
• Preface to the third edition
• Preface to the second edition
• Preface to the first edition
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Preliminary copy-editing, design and specimen pages
• 3 Preparing the text for the typesetter
• 4 Illustrations
• 5 Proofs
• 6 House style
• 7 Preliminary pages
• 8 Indexes
• 9 Other parts of a book
• 10 Bibliographical references
• 11 Literary material
• 12 Multi-author and multi-volume works
• 13 Science and mathematics books
• 14 Other special subjects
• 15 Reprints and new editions
• 16 On-screen editing
• Appendix 1 Checklist of copy-editing
• Appendix 2 Book sizes
• Appendix 3 Abbreviations for states in the USA
• Appendix 4 Phonetic symbols
• Appendix 5 The Russian alphabet
• Appendix 6 Old English and Middle English letters
• Appendix 7 French and German bibliographical terms and abbreviations
• Appendix 8 Mathematical symbols
• Appendix 9 Hebrew
• Appendix 10 Arabic
• Appendix 11 Islamic, Chinese, Japanese and French Revolutionary calendars
• Appendix 12 Countries of the former USSR, Baltic states and former Yugoslavia
• Appendix 13 Proof correction symbols
• Appendix 14 How to check that an ISBN is correct
• Glossary
• Select bibliography and other resources
• Index