Stylebooks/Handbooks
The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual. (May 2000).
Strunk, W., Jr. and White. E.B. (August 1999). The Elements
of Style. Allyn & Bacon.
The Chicago Manual of Style : The Essential Guide for Writers,
Editors, and Publishers (14th edition). John Grossman
(Preface). (September 1993). Chicago: Univ of Chicago Pr.
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Reference Books
Webster’s New World College Dictionary (3rd
ed.). Macmillan, New York. (The Associated Press Stylebook’s
first reference of choice for spelling, usage, and foreign geographic
names. See the Stylebook for second choices.)
"Bibliography." In The Associated Press Stylebook
and Libel Manual (May 2000). Norm Goldstein, ed. NY:
AP. (Consult for a listing of all reference sources used in the
AP Stylebook and accepted for any material not covered by the Stylebook.)
Sharpe, L.T., Gunther, I. And Marek, R. (September 1994). Editing
Fact and Fiction : A Concise Guide to Book Editing. Cambridge:
Cambridge Univ Pr. (Book Description found at Amazon.com:
Writing in a lively, informal style, two editors with extensive
experience in a wide variety of fields--fiction and nonfiction,
trade and reference, academic and commercial publishing--explain
what editors in different jobs really do in this concise practical
guide.)
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Copyediting and Typography
Anderson, L.K. (August 1990). Handbook for Proofreading.
Vgm Career Horizons.
Butcher, J. (September 1992). Copy-Editing : The Cambridge Handbook
for Editors, Authors and Publishers (3rd ed.). Cambridge:
Cambridge Univ Pr (Short).
Einsohn, A. (April 2000). The Copyeditor's Handbook : A Guide
for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications : With Exercises
and Answer Keys. Univ. of California Press.
Judd, K. (October 1992). (October 1992). Copyediting : A Practical
Guide (2nd ed.). Crisp Publications.
Rogers, T. (May 1, 1995). Editorial Freelancing: A Practical
Guide. Aletheia Publications.
Skillin, M.E. and Gay, R.M. (June 1974) Words into Type
(3rd ed.). NY: Houghton Mifflin.
Stoughton, M. (April 1996) Substance & Style : Instruction
and Practice in Copyediting (2nd ed.). Editorial
Experts.
Other helpful copyediting and editing books for general editing:
Editors on Editing: What Writers Need to Know About What Editors
Do (3rd ed). (May 1993). Gerald Gross (Ed.). Grove
Press.
The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications.
(June 1998). Microsoft Press.
Samson, D.C., Jr. (March 1993). Editing Technical Writing.
Oxford: Oxford Univ. P.
Sullivan, K.D. (October 1996). Go Ahead, Proof it! Barron’s
Educational Series.
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Textbooks
Fedler, F., Bender, J.R., Davenport, L., and Kostyu, P. E. (1997).
Reporting for the media (6th ed.). Fort
Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
Leiter, K., Harris, J., and Johnson, S. (2000). The complete
reporter: Fundamentals of news gathering, writing, and editing
(7th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Rich, C. (1999). Writing and reporting news: A coaching method
(3rd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing.
Rich, C. (1999). Creating online media. Boston: McGraw-Hill
College.
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