Editing Editing (section)

==Scholarly books and journals==
[[File:2008-01-26 (Editing a paper) - 31.jpg|thumb|A draft of a scholarly publication that has been edited.]]
Within the publishing environment, editors of scholarly books are of three main types, each with particular responsibilities:
* ''Acquisitions editor'' (or ''commissioning editor'' in Britain), who contracts with the author to produce the copy
* {{anchor|Project editor}}''Project editor'' or ''production editor'', who sees the copy through its stages from manuscript to bound book and usually assumes most of the budget and schedule responsibilities
* {{anchor|Manuscript editor}}''Copy editor'' or ''manuscript editor'', who prepares the copy for conversion into printed form.

In the case of multi-author [[edited volume]]s, before the manuscript is delivered to the publisher it has undergone substantive and linguistic editing by the volume's editor, who works independently of the publisher.

{{anchor|Main editor}}As for [[scholarly journal]]s, where spontaneous submissions are more common than commissioned works, the position of ''journal editor'' or [[editor-in-chief]] replaces the acquisitions editor of the book publishing environment, while the roles of production editor and copy editor remain. However, another editor is sometimes involved in the creation of scholarly research articles. Called the [[authors' editor]], this editor works with authors to get a manuscript fit for purpose before it is submitted to a scholarly journal for publication.

The primary difference between copy editing scholarly books and journals and other sorts of copy editing lies in applying the standards of the publisher to the copy. Most scholarly publishers have a preferred style that usually specifies a particular dictionary and style manual—for example, ''[[The Chicago Manual of Style]]'', the ''[[MLA Style Manual]]'' or the [[APA style|''APA Publication Manual'']] in the U.S., or the ''[[New Hart's Rules]]'' in the U.K.