EditAmerica
The
Ultimate Editorial Source
115 Jacobs Creek Road
Ewing, NJ 08628
Phone: 609-882-5852
Fax: 609-882-5851
E-mail: editamerica@usa.com
Web site: www.editamerica.com
Standards of the past at the speed of the future
The actual traditional
differences between copyediting service and proofreading service are as
follows. A copy editor reads through a document and marks corrections—usually
on a hard copy. Then someone—who might be either the original copy
editor or an actual typesetter—keys the marked
corrections into the document's file in an electronic system. A second-round
copy gets printed out, and a proofreader—who could also be the original
copy editor—then gives proofreading service by comparing that second-round
version physically against the first version to make sure that the keyer
input every marked correction correctly and without either skipping marks
or misinterpreting them. So actually, the proofreader is responsible for
looking at two versions of the material at the same time. And because sometimes
that second round results in a couple of lingering misinterpretations or
remaining mistakes because the typesetter either overlooked, or mishandled,
or just plain bungled
some of the corrections, someone usually has to reopen the file and do a
few more tweaks.
If you choose EditAmerica
to copyedit your document, to input the corrections, and to give
proofreading service for the resulting next round, then you can feel assured
that the material
will have guaranteed-perfect editorial integrity and be fully ready for
download, design,
composition, and printing.
