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Design awareness is increasingly important in the quick-publishing models embraced by web publishers and rapid-release book publishers eager to create reader-ready documents. These models often condense the number of trained professionals who touch a piece before it's published. Freelance editors become more valuable to publishing production process when, in addition to knowing written rhetoric, they understand the basic grammar of document design....
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The essential and bestselling guide to typography from beloved design educator Ellen Lupton-revised and expanded to include new and additional voices, examples, and principles, and a wider array of typefaces.
"Thinking with Type is to typography what Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time is to physics."-I Love Typography
The bestselling Thinking with Type in a revised and expanded third edition: This is the definitive guide to using typography...
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What is the editor's role in the production of an eBook? How does role of a proofreader change with an eBook? Editor and eBook designer, Kevin Callahan addresses these questions in this edition of eBooks and Editors: What You Need to Know.
The eBook designer, copyeditor, and proofreader are all on the same team making books for multitudes of readers: travelers picking up a paperback at the airport, library patrons borrowing eBooks, and blind readers...
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Though networking may seem like an unwieldy, overwhelming task, especially for freelancers, this practical workbook will show that building the network you need and want is completely within your power. Step by step, we will help you create a network that is uniquely yours, based on your goals, your personal communication style, and your everyday activities. This book is for editors, proofreaders, indexers, fact-checkers, translators, writers, and...
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Compiled especially by editors to create an entertaining mix of contemporary, historical, and suspense stories, this Christmas Collection has something for every " Christmas Romance" reading enthusiast. Enjoy six individual novellas in this volume one extravaganza.
Choosing Christmas by Carol James: When Angela is hired as an AP at the school where Adam' s mother is the principal, Angela and Adam find they share a past, an unexpected...
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In this six-story compilation, editors have created an entertaining mix of contemporary and suspense romances. Volume Three of this Christmas Collection has something for every " Christmas Romance" enthusiast.
Christmas Hideaway by Wendy Davy: Security specialist Rylan Copeland follows Mandi, a material witness to a murder, into the mountains where she is hiding, but can Ryan convince her to testify in time or will a killer go free?...
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Compiled especially by editors to create an entertaining mix of contemporary romantic fiction and suspense stories, this Christmas Collection has something for every " Christmas Romance" lover. Enjoy six individual novellas in this volume four extravaganza.
Christmas at Whispering Creek by Barbara M. Britton: Dumped for a country music star, Cole abandons Nashville for Whispering Creek. Cole doesn' t expect to find a deceased friend,...
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Enjoy six individual novellas in this volume two extravaganza! Compiled especially by editors to create an entertaining mix of contemporary and historical stories, this Christmas Collection has something for every " Christmas Romance" reading enthusiast.
The Woodcarver' s Snow-kissed Christmas by Izzy James: Reed is a man with a past, and Ann is a woman who wants to control her future. Can a risky proposition at Christmastide make...
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"Jeff Herman's Guide unmasks nonsense, clears confusion, and unlocks secret doorways to success for new and veteran writers! This highly respected resource is used by publishing insiders everywhere and has been read by millions all over the world. Countless writers have turned to this book to figure out how to decipher the hidden codes to getting published."--
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 On July 24, 1997, in Lander, Wyoming, a woman named Amy Wroe Bechtel fell off the face of the earth. She had a busy schedule that morning, teaching an hour-and-a-half kids' class in weight training at the Wind River Fitness Center, and she was upbeat.
#2 Amy Wroe Bechtel, a teacher and runner, was 11 days short of her 25th birthday when she died. She was 13 months...
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"The Art of Style and Design for Editors and Authors" by Steve Taylor is a comprehensive guide delving into the nuances of manuscript preparation and editing. The book covers a range of topics including typesetting, readability, grammar, punctuation, documentation styles, tables and figures, book design, proofreading, and the legal aspects of publishing like rights and permissions. Each chapter offers practical insights and examples, making complex...
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This book is written primarily to the experienced, but also to those who are new to the study of The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is a viewing of the underlying themes that initially inspired the ancient prophet-editors of that scripture and the lens through which they determined content.
By highlighting this skeletal-structure, we gain 1) A greater understanding of the intentions of the work, 2) A perception of the purpose...
14) What if Alexander the Great Had Lived? An Alternative History of the Macedonian King and His Empire
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In 323 BCE, Alexander the Great was on top of the world. Never a man to sit on his hands or rest upon his laurels, Alexander began planning his future campaigns, which may have included attempts to subdue the Arabian Peninsula or make another incursion into India. But fate had other plans for the young Macedonian king. Alexander died of still unknown causes at the height of his conquests, when he was still in his early 30s. Although his empire was...
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Get the Summary of The Editors of TIME's TIME The Science of Relationships in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
It's only natural: people are fundamentally social creatures, yearning for close, meaningful bonds with others. We crave and consequently forge human relationships that give our lives meaning. In fact, thousands of studies have linked the quality of people's closest relationships to better health, longevity,...
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Mouthwatering Mediterranean recipes for every meal, to keep you healthy and satisfied. It's true-a diet including pasta, cheese, wine, and dessert really can trim your waistline and improve your overall health. A 2013 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine proves that adopting a Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of stroke and heart disease while keeping your taste buds satisfied. Full of fresh vegetables, fruits, legumes, fish,...
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Myanmar, shrouded in mystery, misunderstood and isolated for half a century.
After a whirlwind romance in Bangladesh, Australian journalist Jessica Mudditt and her Bangladeshi husband Sherpa arrive in Yangon in 2012, just as the military junta is beginning to relax its ironclad grip on power. It is a high-risk atmosphere; a life riddled with chaos and confusion as much as it is with wonder and excitement.
Jessica joins a small team of old-hand expat...
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"[This book] 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. Ironically for an industry built on words, there has been a scarcity of written guidance on how to actually approach the work...
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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.
In What Editors Do, Peter Ginna gathers essays from twenty-seven leading figures in book publishing about...
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From 1974 to 2012, during his years as publisher and editor-in-chief of the New Republic, Martin Peretz was a familiar presence on the political scene. In its time under his leadership, the magazine was always fresh, erudite, contrarian, and brave. Anyone interested in finding out the most distinctive expert takes on the issues that mattered-whether they be domestic or international, cultural or political-knew that the New Republic was required reading....
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