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This report introduces the course and describes some of its history, as well as giving some insight into the proofreading profession.
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Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- What skills are required?
- Stages in the production process
- What are the ‘tools of the trade’?
- Reference books
- Spelling
- Be motivated and be successful!
- Punctuation and some style points
- Words in roman and italic typefaces
- A note on headings
- References and notes
- Figures and tables
- The index and second reads
- The proofreading marks or symbols (BS 5261C)
- Practical examples
- Prelims/running heads/lists
- Checklist for copy-editors
- Style sheet
- Checklist for proofreaders
- Getting started
- Finding work
- First priorities: plan of action, contacting publishers
- Tests
- How to generate more business
- Rates of pay and invoicing
- Benefits of the Internet
- Postscript
- Publisher’s letter
- Download details and testimonials
- Useful addresses
- Sample exercises
- Corrected exercises
- Glossary
- Addenda
- Index
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The author, William Critchley, recently visited Oxford's Bodleian Library. The "dreaming spires of Oxford" captured his imagination but there was no sign of Archie, the teddy bear beloved by Poet Laureate, Sir John Betjeman.
Q: Who is Archie? He's the teddy bear (Archibald Ormsby-Gore) carried around for most of his life by Betjeman. He features in The Pocket Book of Proofreading and on the bookmark that comes free with every book.
To see what Archie looks like (scruffy, in need of repair, and not that good looking), click here.
Note: You'll find instances of double (") and single quotes (') on this website. For the sake of consistency, choose one or the other. See The Pocket Book of Proofreading for more details.