Editorial tips
At Virtus Publishing, our goal is to provide guidance and assistance to authors to ensure that the highest levels of quality throughout all stages are achieved.
To this end, we provide this author resource section, which will include a wide variety of mostly short posts, focusing on various aspects of the publishing process.
These posts are based on decades of experience managing and producing publishing content.
David George
Director of Publishing
Virtus Publishing
Our tips
This includes tips related to common editorial issues.
The Basics
To use the term “basics” in relation to “copyediting” understates both the role and the function of a copy editor.
Copyediting Levels
Most publishers and most publishing vendors have developed levels of copyediting, based on what are sometimes…
Querying
No one says copyediting is easy, except those who have never done it.
The Author's Voice Plus Other Types of Editing
An important aspect of copyediting involves the concept of being conservative with changes.