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The Copy Editing and Headline Handbook
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The Copy Editing and Headline Handbook Paperback - 2001

by Ellis, Barbara

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Whether editing on a computer or on the printed page, for a newspaper or for a magazine, Ellis shows how to clean, organize, and proof copy like a pro. Special sections focus on libel, captions, forbidden words, job hazards, and head counts.

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  • Title The Copy Editing and Headline Handbook
  • Author Ellis, Barbara
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, Cambridge, MA
  • Date 2001-07-03
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5981229-6
  • ISBN 9780738204598 / 0738204595
  • Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.79 x 5.24 x 0.88 in (22.33 x 13.31 x 2.24 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Editing, Journalism - Editing
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001094699
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808.027

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Citations

  • American Reference Bks Annual, 01/01/2002, Page 425
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2001, Page 220

About the author

Barbara Ellis, Ph.D., is a seasoned copy editor, having served on six copydesks for nearly fifteen years and as a copy editing professor at Louisiana's McNeese State University for eight years. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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