{"product_id":"what-editors-do-the-art-craft-and-business-of-book-editing-9780226299976","title":"What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing","description":"Editing is an invisible art where the very best work goes undetected. Editors strive to create books that are enlightening, seamless, and pleasurable to read, all while giving credit to the author. This makes it all the more difficult to truly understand the range of roles they inhabit while shepherding a project from concept to publication. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eWhat Editors Do, \u003c\/i\u003ePeter Ginna gathers essays from twenty-seven leading figures in book publishing about their work. Representing both large houses and small, and encompassing trade, textbook, academic, and children's publishing, the contributors make the case for why editing remains a vital function to writers--and readers--everywhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ironically for an industry built on words, there has been a scarcity of written guidance on how to actually approach the work of editing. This book will serve as a compendium of professional advice and will be a resource both for those entering the profession (or already in it) and for those outside publishing who seek an understanding of it. It sheds light on how editors acquire books, what constitutes a strong author-editor relationship, and the editor's vital role at each stage of the publishing process--a role that extends far beyond marking up the author's text. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This collection treats editing as both art and craft, and also as a career. It explores how editors balance passion against the economic realities of publishing. \u003ci\u003eWhat Editors Do \u003c\/i\u003eshows why, in the face of a rapidly changing publishing landscape, editors are more important than ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226299976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2017 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Peter Ginna","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635207172252,"sku":"9780226299976","price":24.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_749a29ac-e6ed-42cf-bee4-3d0ce744f6b9.jpg?v=1603838873","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/what-editors-do-the-art-craft-and-business-of-book-editing-9780226299976","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}