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The lowly speech tag
I think it’s time for a general reconsideration of the convention around commas and speech tags. I’m sensing some grumbling among the ground troops (fellow editors), and I think it may be time for some brave style guide author or three to tackle the problem. Here’s...
Judging a book by its . . . no, not just its cover
For most of my life, the public was willing to trust experts—in whatever field—to render judgment on what was better or worse (an argument, a product quality, an artistic work). The zeitgeist has shifted, and now the cultural norm is to distrust experts and reject...
Printers, publishers, and . . .
Earlier this morning, on a mailing list, someone trying to sort out a list of printers began to ask a question by positing “There are many, many on-demand book printers/publishers online, some with very low prices.” I responded as follows: Stop. Right. There. You’re...
Instructions to authors who think an Excel worksheet is a table
This is directed to people who work in Excel a good deal of the time and who would like to see their worksheets reproduced in a book for which they are preparing a manuscript. Print it. That's right. Print your worksheet. The part you want shown in the book....
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