The Best Editing & Proofreading Books 2025

1. The Writing & Critique Group Survival Guide : How to Give and Receive Feedback, Self-Edit, and Make Revisions (Paperback)

Trying to Finish Your Book? There's Strength in Numbers Whether you're trying to revise your novel or polish up an article to pitch to magazines, it pays to have a few sets of eyes look over your work. But, how can you be sure you're getting an unbiased and objective opinion? A writing critique group may be the answer you're looking for, and Trying to Finish Your Book? There's Strength in Numbers Whether you're trying to revise your novel or polish up an article to pitch to magazines, it pays to have a few sets of eyes look over your work. But, how can you be sure you're getting an unbiased and objective opinion? A writing critique group may be the answer you're looking for, and this book arms you with everything you need to find a group that suits your specific writing needs. Whether you're looking to join an existing group or start one of your own, you'll learn how to: Find compatible critique partners Develop your "editor's eye" and analyze writing like a professional Construct organized and well thought-out critiques Give and receive constructive feedback Run efficient critique meetings and maintain a good group dynamic Apply the feedback you receive to your own writing and make revisions Complete with worksheets, sample critiques and examples, The Writing & Critique Group Survival Guide gives you tools to hone your editing skills and deepen your understanding of how to revise your own work as well as someone else's. With the help of this guide your writing critique group can be a helpful resource for you and your writing partners for years to come.

• Author: Becky Levine • ISBN:9781582976068 • Format:Paperback • Publication Date:2010-01-15

2. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th Edition, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th Edition, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

3. Edit Yourself: A Manual for Everyone Who Works with Words, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - The second part of the book consists of more than 1500 recommendations for cuts, changes, and comparisons that editors make to produce writing that is concise and effective

Edit Yourself: A Manual for Everyone Who Works with Words, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

4. The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - The Copyeditor's Handbook is a lively, practical manual for newcomers to publishing and for experienced editors who want to fine-tune their skills or broaden their understanding of the craft. This book may be used for self-instruction or as a textbook in copyediting classes. The exercises are accompanied by answer keys and detailed line-by-line explanations. The third edition features - Updates reflecting the 16th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style and the most current editions of other major style manuals. - Additional updates to register technology-driven changes in onscreen editing procedures and typecoding. - A revised chapter on resources for editors. - Expanded bibliography and glossary.

The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

5. Eye on Editing (Book 2, High-Intermediate) [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. This text for students of tort in the Caribbean is in its third edition and incorporates the most recent developments in law and legal thinking. New cases discussed in the text include the important Caribbean judgments in Gordon v Panday, Mitchell v Charles and Bonnick v Morris (on defamation) and the decisions of the House of Lords in Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd, Reynolds v Times Newspapers and White v Jones (on vicarious liability, defamation and negligence respectively).

Eye on Editing 2 : Developing Editing Skills for Writing, Used [Paperback]

6. Substance & Style: Instruction and Practice in Copyediting [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Book by Stoughton, Mary

Substance & Style: Instruction and Practice in Copyediting, Used [Paperback]

7. Proofreading and Editing Precision, Used [Paperback]

Proofreading and Editing Precision is a comprehensive, activity-oriented book designed to sharpen proofreading and editing skills. It provides a thorough review of the rules governing language arts. Computerized exercises found on the CD-ROM (ISBN 0-538-69251-0) are integrated to give users practice in proofreading, editing and formatting documents just as they would in everyday situations.

Proofreading and Editing Precision, Used [Paperback]

8. The Student Writer: Editor and Critic [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. This modes-based rhetoric/reader/handbook teaches students how to become astute critics and editors of their own writing, offering new material on argumentation, applying the patterns of organization, writing about literature, visual argument, and ethics in writing.

The Student Writer : Editor and Critic, Used [Paperback]

9. Readable Writing Revising for Style [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Readable Writing Revising for Style by H. Wendell Smith

Readable Writing Revising for Style, Used [Paperback]

10. The Editorial Eye, Used [Paperback]

This workbook is filled with exercises to help students practice their copy editing and content editing skills. This essential supplement helps students reinforce lessons they have learned from the main text about tricky problems of grammar and style, as well as giving them opportunities to practice editing for content.

The Editorial Eye, Used [Paperback]