Publishing Trends

AUGUST 24, 2023

PEOPLE At Twelve , Publisher Sean Desmond has left the company and will join HarperCollins as VP, executive editor in September. The news came in a memo from HCCB President and Publisher, Suzanne Murphy. Seema Mahanian joins Pamela Dorman Books as senior editor and reports to Dorman.

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Publishing Trends

AUGUST 1, 2023

Artie Bennett , executive copy editor, will retire on November 10. Edmison/Harper Literary Scouting has been appointed North American scout for French publisher Fayard. She was previously senior publicist at Blackstone Publishing. She was previously the manager of rights and contracts at Charlesbridge Publishing.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

At Penguin Young Readers , Ken Wright , President and Publisher of the Viking , Philomel , and Flamingo Publishing Group , will retire at the end of January 2023. At Penguin Workshop , Celina Sun joins as Assistant Editor. Dan Reynolds , SVP and Publisher of Workman Publishing , will retire at the end of the year.

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Elna Cain

JULY 16, 2023

In this post, I’ll share a roadmap that will give you steps and tips to help you succeed as a new copywriter. They have a job board, an academy for new writers, and a publishing platform. Start by using keywords like “copywriter,” “brand copywriter,” or “copy editor” in your search bar.

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ProBlogger

JULY 17, 2011

This guest post is by Aman Basanti of Ageofmarketing.com. Ailsa is a great grandmother of an editor (pun intended): she’s been teaching English longer than many of us have been alive. In the publishing world, using informal abbreviations and contractions (weren’t, aren’t, can’t, etc.) Meet Ailsa Campbell.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 16, 2023

This post will walk you through what it entails, how much you can earn, and where to find work, even if you have minimal editing experience. Whether you want to edit for the world of academia, publishing, business, or for print or the web, there’s a freelance editor job up for grabs. Searching their job postings is easy.

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Smart Blogger

OCTOBER 31, 2022

If you’ve dreamed of a fashion writing job where you can immerse yourself in the latest trends, designers, and shows, this post is for you. Drop a keyword like fashion writing jobs into the search bar , and Indeed’s search engine will return all the job posts for that keyword. SimplyHired. ContentWriting Jobs. ZipRecruiter.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 16, 2023

In this post we’ve listed the top 10 remote freelance jobs, what you can expect to earn, and where you can find each type of work. Copywriter A copywriter writes sales messages in the form of texts, or copy, for the purpose of promoting products and services. Did you know that there are many different types of editors?

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 9, 2023

These 4 Steps Reveal if It Will Sell Author: Dave Chesson Source: Make a Living Writing This post is all about creating a book that people already want. Look for existing conversations around your topics: in blog posts and comments, in a Facebook writing group, in news coverage, and more. Got a Book Idea? Do a little bit each week. #3.

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Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Here’s how Karen MacKenzie asked for a testimonial after we published her first post on Smart Blogger: “Would it be possible to get a testimonial for my website? Before becoming Smart Blogger’s Editor-in-Chief, I was a freelancer. Check Out Agency Job Postings. Keep it simple. Sell them on you. Explain it to them.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 29, 2023

In the intro, writing and publishing across multiple genres [Ask ALLi ]; Pilgrimage and solo walking [Women Who Walk ]; My live webinars on using AI tools as an author ; Cowriting with ChatGPT: AI-Powered Storytelling by J. Just in case people don't know you— Tell us a bit more about how you got into writing and publishing.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 31, 2023

In the intro, Draft2Digital acquires SelfPubBookCovers ; Different types of creative energy [ Self Publishing Advice ]; Twitter becomes X [ The Verge ]; TikTok text posts [ The Verge ]; What AI can help you do in 30 mins [ Ethan Mollick ]; Discovery Writing with ChatGPT by J. It seems so long ago now. It's very exciting.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 14, 2023

It goes through your first draft and shows you all of the areas that you need to focus on in order to take that first draft to a publishable manuscript. I have a video tutorial , and someone posted a comment which basically said something along the lines of, “You're lazy. So that's things like, have you overused passive voice?

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The Subversive Copy Editor

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Publishing standards (“Titles are for nonfiction,” “Children’s books usually have titles,” “They vary from one novel to another,” “Author’s call”). While this is hardly definitive, it confirms that there is a choice, even within traditional publishing. A professional editor or proofreader can help with that. Is There a Choice?

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JANUARY 16, 2023

Starting with the assumption that every book-length manuscript needs a copyeditor at some point before publication,* the question is whether a writer submitting to agents and editors can squeak by without hiring a copyeditor first. Both posts include links to other valuable resources. Note to Readers. This blog will end in February!

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The Subversive Copy Editor

APRIL 7, 2022

But before we declare the TOC irrelevant to printed novels, let’s take a closer look at why some current best-selling writers (or their editors or publishers) decide to include one. The copyright page acknowledges which chapters were previously published elsewhere. When a Table of Contents Is Helpful in a Novel.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Most publishing contracts hold the author liable for misrepresentations and plagiarism, but even without that legal pressure, a writer, of all people, should naturally respect the intellectual property of others. Sometimes they quote from published or unpublished writings; sometimes they quote from speeches or interviews or online videos.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

AUGUST 18, 2022

MS Word is the publishing workhorse, more or less required for submitting to agents and editors and publishers, but it’s pricey and not always friendly. Many writers pay thousands of dollars for freelance editorial help before they publish. Getting to know your word processor better will help you love it more.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

It’s a longstanding convention in publishing that all titles of the same kind of work (book, magazine, song, etc.) Modern publishers of the classics must decide whether to follow the writer’s original manuscript (if it exists), reproduce an early-edition styling, or impose modern styles. The publisher doesn’t use Chicago style.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

APRIL 12, 2021

Many agents and editors post the format they prefer (or demand) on a “Submissions” page at their website. That’s why it’s smart to produce a generic document based on Chicago style (the style used by most US trade book publishers) that can be tweaked later if you receive more specific instructions. Manuscript pages.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

You can get examples of word counts of chapters in actual published novels here and here and here. Chapter Length: A Veteran Editor Answers Your Writing Questions. ” Ask the Editor. Publishers Weekly , August 24, 2018. Creative use of chapter length. New York: Ecco, 2021. Sargent, Betty Kelly.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Long before a book is printed, while the text is still in manuscript form, editors at publishing houses speak in terms of word count, not page count. A picture book editor might think in terms of 0–750 words. An editor acquiring young-adult fantasy novels will consider anything from about 80,000 words and up.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

AUGUST 20, 2021

Hart is the author of  Storycraft , now in its second edition, and the newly published  Wordcraft , both available from the University of Chicago Press. This post originally appeared at  The Chicago Manual of Style Online Shop Talk blog on June 8, 2021, © University of Chicago. That indeed proved to be the case.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 10, 2011

This guest post is by Leigh Stevens of whereapy. I was inspired to write this post after reading a piece by the Blog Tyrant a few weeks ago. It’s a good post. I hire a copy editor to clean up my posts, and while the ideas, connections, turns of phrase, overall structure and layout are mine, it still feels inauthentic.

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Men With Pens

JULY 1, 2012

The underrated solution: publish your own digital flipbook. you may be inclined to embed the full book right in a post to lure new readers and get them hungry for that next edition. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! That’s still true today – but not where ebooks are concerned. Digital flipbooks are interactive ebooks.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

This is a guest post by Stefanie Flaxman of Revision Fairy® Small Business Proofreading Services. Unfortunately for you and your readers, writing mistakes are like speed bumps on the blog post open highway. Your posts look like Wikipedia articles. Your posts don’t include images. Each post does not have a byline.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JULY 15, 2022

First published 1740. This post originally appeared at  The Chicago Manual of Style Online Shop Talk blog on April 19, 2022, © University of Chicago. London: Penguin Classics, 1981. Tahir, Sabaa.    All My Rage. New York: Razorbill, 2022. I’ve rendered it here in reverse to ease comparison.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

AUGUST 9, 2021

It’s standard practice for newspaper quotations from a published source to change spaces around dashes, put titles in quotes instead of italics, and in other ways accommodate old-timey typesetting limitations, but in Chicago style, quotations from written works are spelled exactly as written, not changed to fit a style guide.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I’ve come across so many people who were really disappointed with the editor they hired to help them with their books or blog posts and in almost every case, once I’ve done some digging, I’ve discovered it was because their expectations of their editor were completely unrealistic. which bits need to be expanded on).

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ProBlogger

MAY 26, 2011

This guest post is by Ali Hale of DailyWritingTips.com. You certainly don’t have to be a budding Shakespeare in order to write a competent, professional blog post—but you do need a strong grasp of grammar, and the ability to write engagingly. Reading the posts here on ProBlogger is a great start.).

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ProBlogger

MARCH 6, 2011

This guest post is by Krizia of the Blog Income for Women Blueprint. copywriter: I wrote most of the copy. editor/proofreader: we had the copy revised by a few editors. PowerPoint creator: one of those editors also set the entire project out in PowerPoint. copy for the text-base sales page.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2017

And if you think the same person can write, edit, and proof their own work, you should be afraid, very afraid of publishing that content. Bureau of Labor Statistics recognizes proofreaders as distinct from editors. Excludes workers whose primary duty is editing copy. ”. Evaluate the content in published form. Do the math.

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Content Marketing Institute

MAY 15, 2018

Therefore, there’s a huge element of trust inherent in that relationship between publisher and audience. I was surprised to discover that the footnote for the stat in the government e-book claimed it came from a blog post published the previous year on the client’s website. How could they? Too many sources?

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