- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Crisp Publications Inc; 2nd Revised edition edition (30 Nov 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1560521430
- ISBN-13: 978-1560521433
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,037,845 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Judd has attempted to include everything from grammar and punctuation to how the industry works, and for a beginner it will make a good read. Anyone with more (or any) experience looking for a reference guide would be better off using Judith Butcher's Copyediting. Avoid the section on Mathematical and Scientific works if you ever want to work in STM publishing!
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102 of 104 people found the following review helpful
Nuts and Bolts
27 April 2000
Format:Paperback
This is a great nuts and bolts volume for the beginning copyeditor. Judd covers nearly everything you need to learn. She follows Chicago Manual of Style fairly closely and when she doesn't, she tells you. This book also includes exercises to allow you to polish your skills. One of the most useful I have read on this topic.
70 of 74 people found the following review helpful
Could have been the best, but...
25 Mar 2006
Format:Paperback
Karen Judd's "Copyediting: A Practical Guide" is one of the few books on this topic. Any help in this area is appreciated, and Judd's guide is extremely handy.
Pros:
1. Her examples are excellent, unlike some other grammar and punctuation guides. Got a strange sentence construction? Her examples will cover it. Not sure if that appositive needs commas or not? Judd gives the correct answer.
2. Methodical. The book delineates the technical aspects of copyediting well.
3. Covers proofreading techniques and notations not found in style and grammar manuals.
4. The trade paper size of the book makes it far less cumbersome than others that include workbook training. Judd's workbook questions are just as easily managed in the smaller format.
5. The price is right.
Cons:
1. This is an enormous con: There are enough errors in the book to confuse readers. Judd sometimes lays out a rule, but then the example is wrong. (A few other reviewers noted this, too.) In a book on copyediting, you'd expect perfect copy! Needs a revision badly.
2. While the copyediting and proofreading marks are extensive, there are not enough variants listed. Some publishing houses require marks that aren't here. I'm no expert like Judd is, but I've seen far more mark variants in my copyediting experience than she covers.
3. This book is "plain brown wrapper" and could use a layout freshening. Almost too dull to look at.
4. Some of the proofing marks are not crisply printed. As a suggestion, this book would benefit greatly from a two-color printing process that makes the marks stand out from the text more effectively.
5. The paper used in the book's construction is cheap, possibly leading to durability issues over the long run. For a true reference work, this is a shame.
Could have been the best value out there in a copyediting reference, but there are enough cons to relegate it to being merely good. A new edition would be excellent, but one doesn't appear to be on the horizon any time soon. Too bad for us.
Pros:
1. Her examples are excellent, unlike some other grammar and punctuation guides. Got a strange sentence construction? Her examples will cover it. Not sure if that appositive needs commas or not? Judd gives the correct answer.
2. Methodical. The book delineates the technical aspects of copyediting well.
3. Covers proofreading techniques and notations not found in style and grammar manuals.
4. The trade paper size of the book makes it far less cumbersome than others that include workbook training. Judd's workbook questions are just as easily managed in the smaller format.
5. The price is right.
Cons:
1. This is an enormous con: There are enough errors in the book to confuse readers. Judd sometimes lays out a rule, but then the example is wrong. (A few other reviewers noted this, too.) In a book on copyediting, you'd expect perfect copy! Needs a revision badly.
2. While the copyediting and proofreading marks are extensive, there are not enough variants listed. Some publishing houses require marks that aren't here. I'm no expert like Judd is, but I've seen far more mark variants in my copyediting experience than she covers.
3. This book is "plain brown wrapper" and could use a layout freshening. Almost too dull to look at.
4. Some of the proofing marks are not crisply printed. As a suggestion, this book would benefit greatly from a two-color printing process that makes the marks stand out from the text more effectively.
5. The paper used in the book's construction is cheap, possibly leading to durability issues over the long run. For a true reference work, this is a shame.
Could have been the best value out there in a copyediting reference, but there are enough cons to relegate it to being merely good. A new edition would be excellent, but one doesn't appear to be on the horizon any time soon. Too bad for us.
35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Detailed, hands-on, in a manageable size
26 Feb 2002
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This is, indeed, a practical, information-packed guide, with lots of exercises, answer keys, and checklists. It doesn't go over every point of grammar--you can get that from your other reference books--but it does tell you most of what there is to know about pen-and-paper copyediting.
The book shows its age whenever computers are mentioned; Judd's comments on these magical machines are amusing and entertaining, but not very useful. I found it worthwhile, but if you edit online or on disk, this may not be the best book for you.
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