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Copyediting: A guide for proofreaders

Improve your awareness and understanding of the copyediting process with Copyediting: A guide for proofreaders. Modern publishing is almost entirely digital. Most proofreading is now done without a copyedited manuscript to refer to, which means proofreaders often work 'blind', and many never get to see how a copyeditor’s decisions show up in the final proofs — what works well, what causes problems, and what to avoid. This book fills that gap. It shows you what copyeditors do, and how their choices impact the finished text. It’s designed to help you understand the copyediting process more clearly and improve your own editorial judgement.
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Margaret Aherne
Originally published in 2021 

Who's it for?

This book is a good fit if you:

  • are a proofreader who wants to understand copyediting before committing to formal training

  • are a copyeditor who learned on the job and you want to check that you’re working to professional standards

  • trained as a copyeditor some time ago and are returning after a break and feeling a bit out of practice.

What’s included?

The book includes:

  • clear explanations of the copyeditor’s role and how they work with publishers, authors, readers and typesetters

  • practical demonstrations of copyediting in action, including examples of what can go wrong

  • a comprehensive grammar chapter covering common problems and how to fix them (also available to buy separately)

  • three appendices with useful documents, permissions guidance and recommendations for further training

  • a quick-reference table showing where key copyediting topics are covered in major style guides, including Butcher’s Copy-editing, New Hart’s Rules, New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors, and The Chicago Manual of Style

  • a wide range of practice exercises, from core copyediting tasks (such as abbreviations and quotations) to public-facing documents and more complex material, including handbooks and reference-style content

Copyediting: A guide for proofreaders is available as a digital download. Once payment has been received, you’ll get an email from the CIEP office team with a link to download all the files included in the book.

Please note that purchases made over a weekend or UK bank holiday will be processed on the next working day, and your download link will be sent then. 

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