Proofreading symbols: Do we still need to learn them?
The Editing Podcast · Louise Harnby (fiction editor) and Denise Cowle (non-fiction editor)
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Show Notes
Find out what proofreading markup symbols are and why they're still relevant to professional practice.
Listen to find out more about
- What are proofreading markup symbols?
- BSI standards and other national guidelines
- Is proofreading markup language still relevant to training?
- Communicating efficiently and unambiguously
- Relevance to proofreaders-in-training who want to work with indie authors
- Markup colour: What do the differences mean?
- Other ways of marking up digital texts
Resources
- Courses: https://denisecowleeditorial.com/training/
- Digital markup stamps: https://www.louiseharnbyproofreader.com/blog/free-downloadable-pdf-proofreading-stamps
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- Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
- Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing
Music credit
'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod
- Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
- Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/