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The Words We Trade: How Authors Handle Copyedits

By Andre Cole

March 26, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Words We Trade: How Authors Handle Copyedits

Editors must consider and balance the feelings of two groups of people when suggesting language changes: firstly, they must consider how the reader will react to the language of the original manuscript; and secondly, they must consider how the author will respond to the suggested edits.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: accuracy, apologetic language, attitude, authenticity, author editor relationship, clarity, consistency, constructive criticism, Editing, Language, manuscript, passive language, political correctness, sensitivity, sterile language, suggested edits, tone, voice

The Compilation Edit

By Lisa Hein @lisamhein

June 18, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Compilation Edit

The compilation edit is unique to the operations of our teaching press, but coordinating this type of edit has been an invaluable learning experience for me as an editing professional. Editorial work is often more of a flexible art than a task that follows a standard procedure, as there are many ways to work with an author to bring out the best in their work.

Filed Under: Editing, Manager Monday Tagged With: author relations, book editing, book production, collaborative editing, compilation edit, consistency, copyediting, developmental editing, editing education, editorial communication, editorial process, manuscript development, ooligan press, proofreading, publishing house, publishing teamwork, publishing timeline, teaching press

More than Dotting i’s and Crossing t’s

By Margaret Henry

October 13, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

More than Dotting i’s and Crossing t’s

Fall term has arrived and has brought with it students new to Ooligan Press, students new to the book publishing program, and students new to The Ocean in My Ears team. Joining our team this term we have the talented Brianne Robinson, who is not new to Ooligan but is new to our team, along […]

Filed Under: Start to Finish Tagged With: Alaska, clarity, consistency, copyediting, Editing, grammar, Meagan Macvie, redundancy, spelling, Style Guide, teenagers, The Ocean in My Ears, young adult

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