Handboek voor de redacteur

As an editor, you must not only have an excellent sense of language, but also understand how text conveys a message. You are the link between the author and the reader. With your interventions, you get the best out of a text - whether correcting spelling or improving structure. The Editor's Handbook covers all aspects of the editing profession. Both editorial skills and the professional practice of the editor are covered. Important topics include the process from idea to publication, dealing with authors and clients, and working efficiently and decisively. This handbook offers tips for an approach with guts and tact.

In this handbook you will find, among other things: 

- an editing model: three criteria for text quality;

- checklists for different text types;

- a guide for (digital) proofreading;

- tips for presenting corrections and improvement suggestions convincingly; 

- guidelines for a bibliography and a register;

- starting points for copy assessment and accurate hourly estimates; 

- everything an editor needs to know about copyright.

The Editor's Handbook provides firm answers to practical questions of the editor, copywriter, proofreader and translator. Heidi Aalbrecht and Pyter Wagenaar are experienced editors and authors.