Editors, Scholars, and the Social Text
© 2012
An academic book is much more than paper and ink, pixels and electrons. A dynamic social network of authors, editors, typesetters, proofreaders, indexers, printers, and marketers must work together to turn a manuscript into a book.
Editors, Scholars, and the Social Text explores the theories and practices of editing, the processes of production and reproduction, and the relationships between authors and texts, as well as manuscripts and books. By bringing together academic experts and experienced practitioners, including editorial specialists, scholarly publishing professionals, and designers, Editors, Scholars, and the Social Text offers indispensable insight into the past and future of academic communication.
Product Details
- Series: Studies in Book and Print Culture
- World Rights
- Page Count: 288 pages
- Illustrations: 6
- Dimensions: 6.0in x 0.8in x 9.0in
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Author Information
Darcy Cullen is an acquisitions editor at the University of British Columbia Press. -
Table of contents
Foreword
Helen TartarAcknowledgments
1. Introduction: The Social Dynamics of Scholarly Editing
Darcy CullenPART ONE: THE PEOPLE
2. A Slight Conflict of Aims: Scholarly vs. Academic Editing
Peter L. Shillingsburg3. The Mysterious Relationship: Authors and Their Editors
Rosemary Shipton4. Juggling Expectations: The Copyeditor's Roles and Responsibilities
Amy EinsohnPART TWO: THE TEXT
5. Bad Texts: An Eccentric Appreciation (Valdez, Brecht, and the Utility of Error
Alexander Pettit6. From Book to Text: Theory of/in the Margins
Peter MahonPART THREE: THE PAGE
7. Merely Conventional Signs: The Editor and the Illustrated Scholarly Book
Camilla Blakeley8. Let's Ask the Designers! Book Design, Technology, and the Editor-Designer Collaboration
Richard Hendel • Sigrid Albert9. Iconic Pages in Robert Antoni's Fictions: A Speculative Edition
John K. YoungPART FOUR: THE ELECTRONIC EDITION
10. Reading Material Bibliography and Digital Editions
Yuri Cowan11. The Object and the Process; or, Take This Book and Click It!
Darcy CullenContributors
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Subjects and Courses