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　　Turn your knack for language into a lucrative career

Must-know techniques and resources for maximizing your accuracy and

speed Interested in becoming a copyeditor or proofreader? Want to

know more about what each job entails? This friendly guide helps

you position yourself for success. Polish your skills, build a

winning resume and land the job you've always wanted. Books,

magazines, Web sites, corporate documents - find out how to improve

any type of publication and make yourself indispensable to writers,

editors, and your boss. Balance between style and rules Master the

art of the query Use proofreader symbols Edit and proof electronic

documents Build a solid freelancing career

Introduction

Part I: Welcome to the Word World

　Chapter 1: Reading as a Job? Oh, Yes

　Chapter 2: Jobs for Bookworms

　Chapter 3: Other Publishing Opportunities

Part II: Conquering Copyediting

　Chapter 4: So, What Does a Copyeditor Do?

　Chapter 5: What Makes a Good Copyeditor Great

　Chapter 6: A Handful of Copyediting Specialties

　Chapter 7: The Copyediting Process in Action

Part III: Picking Up a Proofreading Career

　Chapter 8: So, What Does a Proofreader Do?

　Chapter 9: Mastering the Proofreading Symbols

　Chapter 10: Dipping Your Pencil in the Proofreading Waters

　Chapter 11: Watching a Proofreader in Action

Part IV: Adding to Your Repertoire

　Chapter 12: Boning Up on Punctuation and Usage

　Chapter 13: Dissecting Books and Magazines

　Chapter 14: Balancing Between Style and Rules

　Chapter 15: Creating and Using the All-Important Style Sheet

　Chapter 16: Formatting a Manuscript

　Chapter 17: Editing and Proofreading Electronically

Part V: Turning Your Skills into Paychecks

　Chapter 18: Hunting for Work

　Chapter 19: Preparing for a Freelance Career

　Chapter 20: Keeping the Freelance Jobs Coming

Part VI: The Part of Tens

　Chapter 21: Ten Keys to Success as a Copyeditor

　Chapter 22: Ten Keys to Success as a Proofreader

Part VII: Appendixes

Appendix A: Commonly Misspelled Words

Appendix B: Glossary

Appendix C: Online Resources

Index.

　　Suzanne Gilad is the founder of PaidToProofread.com. Over the

course of ten years, Sue proofread or copyedited over 1,200 books

for Random House, Simon & Schuster, John Wiley & Sons, St.

Martin's Press, Oxford University Press, and Workman Publishing,

among others. Illustrating firsthand that proofreading and

copyediting can be profitable and fun while allowing additional

pursuits, Sue is also a successful voice-over artist based in New

York. You can hear her voice happily hawking products and playing

characters on national and regional radio and television. Thanks to

some unexpected proofreading projects on personal finance a few

years ago, a whole world of education in residual income opened for

Sue. She wrote The Real Estate Millionaire (McGraw-Hill, 2005) with

her husband, Boaz Gilad. Sue currently leads seminars on multiple

streams of income, and her latest passion is to teach financial

freedom. Sue's next book is the story of the creation of 15

millionaires in five years. Visit www.SueGilad.com to learn

more.

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　　Turn your knack for language into a lucrative career Must-know

techniques and resources for maximizing your accuracy and speed

Interested in becoming a copyeditor or proofreader? Want to know

more about what each job entails? This friendly guide helps you

position yourself for success. Polish your skills, build a winning

resume, and land the job you've always wanted. Books, magazines,

Web sites, corporate documents -- find out how to improve any type

of publication and make yourself indispensable to writers, editors,

and your boss. Balance between style and rules Master the art of

the query Use proofreader symbols Edit and proof electronic

documents Build a solid freelancing career

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Turn your knack for language into a lucrative career Must-know techniques and resources for maximizing your accuracy and speed Interested in becoming a copyeditor or proofreader? Want to know more about what each job entails? This friendly guide helps you position yourself for success. Polish your skills, build a winning resume and land the job you've always wanted. Books, magazines, Web sites, corporate documents - find out how to improve any type of publication and make yourself indispensable to writers, editors, and your boss. Balance between style and rules Master the art of the query Use proofreader symbols Edit and proof electronic documents Build a solid freelancing career