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Re: [xmca] Concepts. A Critical Approach

I should report back on progress with this new collaborative xmca project.
Altogether I have had Helen Grimmett, Deborah Rockstroh, Rob Parsons, Ron Lubensky and Arturo Escandon reading my manuscript. Each read a section, but they also all overstepped their assigned tasks a great deal. I have a little bit of the Hegel section to go, but we're almost done.
My readers have not only identified a load of typographical errors, unfinished or garbled sentences, but also a stack of my stylistic quirks: Royal "we," far too many "obviously," "clearly" and "of course" as well as superfluous superlatives like "absolutely," "breathtakingly" and "utterly" - as Ron says, "hectoring the reader." :( Some APA errors as well, like putting indented quotes inside quote-marks. My readers all had an interest in the topic, so they also sought clarification of ideas they didn't get or challenged me on critiques which they thought were not convincing or wrong.
Altogether, I count the exercise as a great success and I want to thank my readers and xmca generally for this assistance, which has included sharp debate over several of the issues I discuss in the book, including discussions with Anna Sfard, Lois Holzman, Jay Lemke and helpful advice from Mike Cole, Tony Whitson and David Kirschner during the past year. 

Andy

Andy Blunden wrote:
Peter, the only editing that will be done will be mine. What I need is an *extra pair of eyes or two*. In case Ron and Ron were in any doubt, I am not looking for correcting US to UK spelling or vice versa or correcting for APA style or anything. I just need help finding garbled sentences and wordprocessing gaffs really. Though I welcome comments that go further.
If my helpers do "Track Changes" I will make a judgment. I know APA Style and I am an experienced typesetter and have had a lot of experience in producing texts directly for printing. 

Andy

Peter Smagorinsky wrote:
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 

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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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