Judging a book by its cover
In 1860 George Eliot wrote “You can’t judge a book by its cover” in her book The Mill on the Floss. (And yes, George Eliot was the pen name of Miss Mary Ann Evans.) But in the publishing world, people do judge books by their cover. In fact, book covers are one of the most important factors in […]
The path to publishing
When I began this project I really didn’t give much thought to the whole “publishing a book” part of the path to publishing. Boy, did I have a lot to learn! Since starting down this road, I’ve read countless (really, I stopped counting) “how to” articles. I’ve attended even more webinars on everything from “do […]
AP Stylebook vs Chicago Manual of Style
It was the Bible for my copyediting class at South Dakota State University: the Associated Press Stylebook. As journalists, we lived and died by the AP Stylebook: spelling out numbers up to (and including) nine, ignoring the Oxford comma and putting quotation marks around titles rather than using italics. Through the years, the AP Stylebook was my “go to” arbiter for any […]