book editor
Prose polish professional
A book editor is someone who refines manuscripts for publication.
Developmental editors work on structure, pacing, and content—sometimes reshaping entire books.
Copy editors focus on grammar, consistency, and style.
Acquisitions editors select which books a publisher will produce.
She thanked her book editor in the acknowledgments for pushing her to cut two chapters.
- copyeditorPublication text corrector
- line editingSentence-by-sentence prose improvement
- galley proofsPreliminary printed sheets for correction
- page proofsTypeset text for correction
- slush pileUnreviewed manuscript accumulation
literary agent · blue pencil · manuscript · first draft · editing software · style guides · proofreading · publishing house · fiction · fact-checking · acquisitions · page · draft · typesetting · layout design · memoir · margins · poetry
- editorschief editors, managing editors, copyeditor, copy editors, news editors
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- editorialeditorial director, editorial writer, editorials, masthead, opinion pages
- manga publishingcollected edition, omnibus, serialization, omnibus edition, deluxe edition
book editorauthor
Creator of written works
writer · novelist · book author · ghostwriter · poet
book editorbook buyer
One who purchases texts
library patron · bookseller · book reviewer · literary critic · consumer
book editorreader
One who peruses text
author · writer · book reviewer · literary critic · audience