Cara M. Jordan
The Art of Academic Editing: A Guide for Authors and Editors co-edited by Cara M. Jordan and Leslie Castro-Woodhouse (Flatpage, 2024), $19.95 (pbk).
Co-edited by Cara M. Jordan and Leslie Castro-Woodhouse, The Art of Academic Editing’s contributing authors also include Nancy Burkhalter, Cameron Duder, Pamela Haag, Caroline Malloy, Tess C. Rankin, Elizabeth H. Stern, and Maria Snyder.
The book provides a behind-the-scenes look into the philosophies and working methods of eight editors, who describe what it takes to perform a wide range of academic editing services:
- Developmental editing
- Book coaching
- Working with international authors
- Working with graduate students
- Line editing
- Copyediting
- Indexing
- Proofreading
Each expert author addresses issues critical to working with academic clients – including ethical and linguistic concerns – to help authors and editors collaborate more efficiently.