20 Best Editing Books
Goal: Find the best Editing books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best editing books" and study the top 5+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
20 Best Editing Books
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Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
How to Edit Yourself Into Print
by Renni Browne
The Artful Edit
On the Practice of Editing Yourself
by Susan Bell
On Writing Well
An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
by William Zinsser
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Copyediting and Proofreading For Dummies
by Suzanne Gilad
Developmental Editing
A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers
by Scott Norton
The Subversive Copy Editor
Advice from Chicago
by Carol Fisher Saller
What Editors Do
The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing
by Peter Ginna
Making Shapely Fiction
by Jerome Stern
Max Perkins
Editor of Genius
by A. Scott Berg
Missed Periods and Other Grammar Scares
How to Avoid Unplanned and Unwanted Grammar Errors
by Jenny Baranick
Quick Fixes for Business Writing
An Eight-Step Editing Process to Find and Correct Common Readability Problems
by Jim Taylor
Revision and Self Editing for Publication
Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft into a Novel that Sells
by James Scott Bell
The Best Punctuation Book, Period
A Comprehensive Guide for Every Writer, Editor, Student, and Businessperson
by June Casagrande
The Copyeditor's Handbook
A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications
by Amy Einsohn
The First Five Pages
A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
by Noah Lukeman
Woe Is I
The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English
by Patricia T. O'Conner
Words into Type
by Marjorie E. Skillin
Sources
- 1
13 Editing Books for Beginner Freelance Writers - Elna Cain
elnacain.com
- 2
19 Best Books To Learn Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
thebookdesigner.com
- 3
100 Best Editing Books of All Time (Updated for 2021)
shortform.com
- 4
5 Essential Books on Editing | Writerful Books | Write Better Books
writerfulbooks.com
- 5
10 Books on Editing All Professionals Should Read
blog.reedsy.com
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