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The Editorial Freelancers Association is a national nonprofit volunteer organization of professionals who provide freelance editorial services to the publishing and communications industries. For more information about us, visit our website at www.the-efa.org.
Making Word Work for YouMaking Word Work for You (book)Print: $13.75 Download: $8.75 Successful freelance editor Hilary Powers explains how to get the most out of Microsoft Word when editing manuscripts on screen. Among the subjects she covers are personalizing the program and the screen to meet your own needs and taste, deploying Word's custom features, domesticating Track Changes, creating and using macros and templates, coping with the snares and pitfalls Word users often encounter, and finding useful resources and program add-ins. With Powers's guidance, editors can increase their page-per-hour throughput―and their income. 
Grammatical GleaningsGrammatical Gleanings (book)Print: $9.25 Download: $5.25 Grammar maven Patricia M. Godfrey offers guidance to "working professional copy editors and any others who share their love of the English language and who delight to explore its byways" in fifteen essays that originally appeared in "The Wizard of Rs," a regular column in the Editorial Freelancers Association newsletter. Discussing issues of grammar and syntax, idiom and semantics, and punctuation and typography, "this brief collection will clarify a few obscure points, warn of imminent linguistic peril, or simply add to the knowledge and relish with which its readers regard the language." 
Textbook Development as an Art and a ScienceTextbook Development as an Art and a Science (book)Print: $8.25 Download: $4.25 Seasoned textbook development editor Carolyn D. Smith and freelance writer Jeannine Ciliotta explain the steps that go into developing a textbook, from initial concept to final manuscript, in this classic EFA publication. 
A Freelance Editor's Guide to Book ProductionA Freelance Editor's Guide to Book Production (book)Print: $8.75 Download: $4.75 Veteran book producer Rachel Hockett details the process of taking a book from raw manuscript to printer-ready files in this updated and revised edition of the popular EFA guide. Topics include creating the schedule, estimating the costs, hiring the freelancers and suppliers, preparing the text, creating the front matter and index, reviewing the proofs, invoicing, and working with the author and publisher. 
Résumés for FreelancersRésumés for Freelancers (book)Print: $8.25 Download: $4.25 EFA JobList chair and New Freelancers Affinity Group leader Sheila Buff describes how to transform a traditional résumé into a marketing tool that will reel in freelance jobs. Using actual résumés as examples, she shows how to highlight skills and create a handout that leaves no doubt you're a talented professional committed to self-employment. She also discusses what to supply in addition to a résumé, as well as some alternatives to résumés. |
MAKING WORD WORK FOR YOU
by Hilary Powers
Successful freelance editor Hilary Powers explains how to get the most out of Microsoft Word when editing manuscripts on screen. Among the subjects she covers are personalizing the program and the screen to meet your own needs and taste, deploying Word's custom features, domesticating Track Changes, creating and using macros and templates, coping with the snares and pitfalls Word users often encounter, and finding useful resources and program add-ins. With Powers's guidance, editors can increase their page-per-hour throughput―and their income.
"In flipping casually through it I found information of incredible value to me in the first 30 seconds. Then the next 5 minutes as I browsed more thoroughly, making note of sections to study in detail. In just this quick browse, I became excited from having in my hand the solution to many problems or areas of ignorance that have dogged me for years. Therefore, I recommend this little book to all editors and writers who work with Word."
GRAMMATICAL GLEANINGS
by Patricia M. Godfrey
Grammar maven Patricia M. Godfrey offers guidance to "working professional copy editors and any others who share their love of the English language and who delight to explore its byways" in fifteen essays that originally appeared in "The Wizard of Rs," a regular column in the Editorial Freelancers Association newsletter. Discussing issues of grammar and syntax, idiom and semantics, and punctuation and typography, "this brief collection will clarify a few obscure points, warn of imminent linguistic peril, or simply add to the knowledge and relish with which its readers regard the language."
TEXTBOOK DEVELOPMENT AS AN ART AND A SCIENCE
by Carolyn D. Smith with Jeannine Ciliotta
Seasoned textbook development editor Carolyn D. Smith and freelance writer Jeannine Ciliotta explain the steps that go into developing a textbook, from initial concept to final manuscript, in this classic EFA publication.
A FREELANCE EDITOR'S GUIDE TO BOOK PRODUCTION
by Rachel Hockett
Veteran book producer Rachel Hockett details the process of taking a book from raw manuscript to printer-ready files in this updated and revised edition of the popular EFA guide. Topics include creating the schedule, estimating the costs, hiring the freelancers and suppliers, preparing the text, creating the front matter and index, reviewing the proofs, invoicing, and working with the author and publisher.
RÉSUMÉS FOR FREELANCERS
by Sheila Buff
EFA JobList chair and New Freelancers Affinity Group leader Sheila Buff describes how to transform a traditional résumé into a marketing tool that will reel in freelance jobs. Using actual résumés as examples, she shows how to highlight skills and create a handout that leaves no doubt you're a talented professional committed to self-employment. She also discusses what to supply in addition to a résumé, as well as some alternatives to résumés.
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