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EditAmerica

The Ultimate Editorial Source

115 Jacobs Creek Road

Ewing, NJ 08628

Phone: 609-882-5852

Fax: 609-882-5851

E-mail: [email protected]

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.