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Helping authors and businesses polish their text for publication: non-fiction copy-editor and proofreader. Diploma in Egyptology. Random nature photos. She/her
Fascinating study showing that writing quality affects the likelihood of papers being accepted for conferences or publication.
#edibuddies and writers in many fields will find this interesting, including Appendix C, which includes tips for making text more readable.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268123004225
Anyone here who went to #EFACON2023 recently? Anyone you know live reporting from the conference? What platforms were they on? Where did people go to catch up after?
We often see what we expect to see, which makes #proofreading difficult. It's even harder if there are two or three very small words next to each other. Slow down and look carefully...
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It’s #NationalBookLoversDay
Putting aside the attractions of Egyptian hieroglyphs and the subject matter, this book FEELS gorgeous. The hieroglyphs are smooth and shiny, just like a ‘normal’ book cover. But the scroll is textured and rough and… well… scroll-like. Yes I want to read the book but, to be honest, I mostly want to stroke it!
Thank goodness my friend spotted that bookshop on Saturday!
When #proofreading, don’t try to do everything at once. Check consistency of layout separately from reading for typos, for example – are chapter titles formatted consistently? Are the page margins consistent? What about the styling on graphics or boxes?
Turn pages just to look at these layout issues – you see them more easily when you're not also trying to check the content.
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Ayesha Chari