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RE: [xmca] Concepts. A Critical Approach

The idea of a distributed editing team is intriguing, but I would advise caution, especially with such a short turn-around time. I've edited a journal and a number of books, and know that not everyone invokes the same editing conventions, especially across the English-speaking national borders. US and UK based editors would be highly unlikely to edit according to the same version of English, including punctuation rules. And text conventions vary from stylebook to style book (APA and MLA in my part of the field). So unless you specify which publication manual you wish to be used, which version of English you are employing, and so on, and then train copyeditors accordingly, you run the risk of having a book where each chapter follows different conventions, which would make for a disjointed read. p

-----Original Message-----
From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Andy Blunden
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 6:53 AM
To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Subject: Re: [xmca] Concepts. A Critical Approach

Well, I have an aversion to "products" ...
:)
andy

Huw Lloyd wrote:
>
>
> On 29 November 2011 09:37, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net 
> <mailto:ablunden@mira.net>> wrote:
>
>     Dearest collueagues,
>     I am looking for help. I am in the process of making a final edit
>     to my book, "Concepts. A Critical Approach," with the manuscript
>     due for final submission before Christmas. It is about 120,000
>     words and an earlier draft is available on my website:
>     http://home.mira.net/~andy/works/concepts.htm
>     <http://home.mira.net/%7Eandy/works/concepts.htm>
>
>     I need a proofreader/copy editor. Someone who can read through the
>     manuscript and mark typographical errors, grabled or
>     incomprehensible sentences, unconvincing claims, repititions and
>     non sequitors.
>
>     It is an unpaid position, :) and I need it done within 2 weeks.
>     But on the other hand, you get to read a pretty comprehensive
>     treatment of Vyotsky's ideas on concepts, along with all the other
>     lines of research on this topic.
>
>     Anyone brave enough? I can supply the manuscript in electronic or
>     hard-copy form as required.
>
>
> My aversion to referring to the product of numerous kinds of 
> conceiving as a concept impedes me, Andy.
>
> Huw
>  
>
>     Andy
>
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*Andy Blunden*
Joint Editor MCA: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hmca20/18/1
Home Page: http://home.mira.net/~andy/
Book: http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=227&pid=34857


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