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Books

Why a style guide?

Why a style guide?

Jul 27, 2022 | Books, Editing and proofreading, PEGblog

The following post is an extract taken from Consistency, Consistency, Consistency: The PEG guide to style guides written by John Linnegar with Paul Schamberger and Jill Bishop. Publishing houses’ style guides establish house rules for language usage, such as spelling,...

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Trade books: The role of editors and proofreaders

Trade books: The role of editors and proofreaders

Jul 12, 2022 | Books, Editing and proofreading, PEGblog

What are trade books? Trade books probably have the largest market in comparison to other types of book. That’s because they are intended for a general readership and cover a variety of genres: biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, self-help, business, mystery,...

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How to write a fiction book review

How to write a fiction book review

Apr 22, 2022 | Books, PEGblog

This article appeared under the same heading in PEGboard July 2019. From time to time, PEG receives requests for a reader’s review of a book before it is sent to a publisher. The article sets out a basic framework for carrying out such a task. The guidelines below are...

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The heart of New Hart’s Rules

The heart of New Hart’s Rules

Dec 14, 2021 | Books, Editing and proofreading, History, PEGblog

Who is at the heart of the New Hart's Rules? Helena Opperman tells us his story. His gloves were neatly folded on the shore; his body was found floating in Youlbury Lake near Oxford. It was 9 October 1916 and a few months into the third year of the First World War....

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