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Highlights from Red Pencil in the Woods, September 2011

Word lovers, unite!

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  2. Words of wisdom and inspiration from the Subversive Copy Editor herself, Carol Fisher Saller

  3. Anne_Brennan
    #redpen11 Carol Fisher Saller: Publishing is exploding in all directions. Lots of opportunities for editors who upgrade their skills.
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  4. bglovejoy
    #RedPen11 "Quality content will always have to be written by writers and edited by editors" says @CFSaller
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  5. FrankCatalano
    #RedPen11 keynoter @CFSaller of Chi Manu Style cites British study that texting actually improved kids' spelling #edtech
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  6. wac6
    #redpen11 @CFSaller making the point: publishing changing, but more reading and writing than ever. We may becoming more, not less, literate.
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  7. christykarras
    Carol Saller: The book isn't dead. Publishing isn't dead. Bookstores aren't dead. Editors are just fine. (In other words, relax!) #redpen11
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  8. mamatweeta
    @cfsaller says she's the least subversive person she knows, but "The Sensible Copyeditor" wouldn't have sold as many copies. #RedPen11
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  9. christykarras
    So true: "Confidence combined with a lack of knowledge is a deadly weapon." Carol Saller, subversive copy editor #redpen11
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  10. wac6
    #RedPen11 @CFSalleris: "I find that googling odd locutions pays off." Comforting to hear her say Google can be a dictionary too (what I do).
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  13. Anne_Brennan
    The three virtues of a good editor: carefulness, transparency, flexibility. Carol Fisher Saller, #redpen11.
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  14. brinsonian
    A room full of 100+ editors all copyediting the same sentence is a very...SPECIFIC experience. #redpen11
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  15. wac6
    #RedPen11 "I wish I had a cookie, or a donut, or a pizza." Remove the commas, you miss the implication she'd take a pretzel, too. @CFSaller
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  16. From "Almost Everything You Need to Know about E-Books," by Kate Rogers, Judith H. Dern, and Bob Mayer

  17. FrankCatalano
    "I've never read an eBook, but I make 90% of my revenue from eBooks," NYT bestselling writer Bob Mayer at #RedPen11
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  18. bglovejoy
    #RedPen11 Two of the three panelists on eBook panel don't actually read eBooks, just produce them.
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  20. Jimthomsen
    @bob_mayer: "Amazon's tough. They want to make a buck off you. Barnes & Noble is much easier to work with." #redpen11 #kindle #nook
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  21. FrankCatalano
    "When the Big 6 figure out the eBook is the new mass market paperback, publishing will change dramatically," author @Bob_Mayer at #RedPen11
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  22. bglovejoy
    #RedPen11 Loud groan about the errors OCR scanning produces. @bob_mayer: "Amazon reviews will kill you if you don't have good editing."
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