The best book editors publish according to their own taste. While the projects they acquire need to fit in with the overall list of the press, seasoned editors learn to follow their gut. They know ...

Do you love to write or edit and love biology? There are a number of career options that allow you to combine these two passions. First, ask yourself whether you love scientific writing or love ...

As a former book editor in a previous life, I already know “what editors do.” But I learned a lot more from a new collection of essays by 27 of the smartest editors in the publishing business. It’s ...

Serenity Software’s Editor finds grammar and word usage mistakes that your word processor may miss. As a writer and an editor, I have a love-hate relationship with Serenity Software’s Editor (various ...

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Some teachers and scholars may merge editing and revising, and that is OK because there is one less step, but the same amount of work is undertaken. So what is revision? In simplest terms, it may mean ...

As a former editor, Trish Hall has seen a lot of bad submissions to the New York Times Op-Ed page. She's now written the how-to book, "Writing to Persuade: How to Bring People Over to Your Side." Hall ...