1. Ok, but how?
―Any problem in the world can be
solved by dancing‖
—James Brown
2. 4 Paths to Publishing
1. Traditional
2. Partnership
3. Assisted
4. DIY
3. Choose Your Path
• What can I do?
– Does my organization already have the skills
to do this job?
• What can I learn to do?
– Does my organization have the resources to
develop these skills?
• What can I pay someone else to do?
16. Editing
Developmental
• Document Level
• Full draft re-writes
• Focus and direction
• Logical development
Substantive
• Sentence complexity
• Clarity of language
• Jargon and voice
• Fact checking
Copyedit
• Nouns and verbs
• Spelling
• Nitpicky
• What we normally
mean when we say
proofread
Proofread
• After book design
• Checking for
mechanical errors
introduced during
the design process
• No. More. Changes.
17. Editing
Developmental
• Document Level
• Full draft re-writes
• Focus and direction
• Logical development
Substantive
• Sentence complexity
• Clarity of language
• Jargon and voice
• Fact checking
Copyedit
• Nouns and verbs
• Spelling
• Nitpicky
• What we normally
mean when we say
proofread
Proofread
• After book design
• Checking for
mechanical errors
introduced during
the design process
• No. More. Changes.
18. Editing
In House
NOT the author
Who is OCD?
Who can?
Out Source
Freelance Editors
Editorial Services
Editorial Interns*
*Pro tip: Don’t break labor laws or assume writing students can edit
48. Ebook Production
• Directly from Word (or RTF)
– Keep formatting very simple
– Use styles
– Follow the instructions
– Check the file after conversion
“The way we think about book, magazine, and newspaper publishing is unduly governed by the physical containers we have used for centuries to transmit information.”-Brian O’Leary (Magellan Media)
Left: The Franklin PressRight: the Memex a reading device concept by Vannevar Bush 1945 - See more at: http://www.databasepublish.com/blog/e-books-how-far-have-we-come
Unless you have a printing press in your basement, this is usually where the DIY bus stops…at least for print books.