Through its Lulu.com storefront, EFA has a variety of specialized booklets available on topics of interest to editorial freelancers and will continue to offer more.
Current Titles
Making Word Work for You
ISBN: 978-1-880407-22-6
Hilary Powers
Successful freelance editor Hilary Powers explains how to get the most out of Microsoft Word when editing manuscripts on screen. Among the subjects she covers are personalizing the program and the screen to meet your needs and taste, deploying Word's custom features, domesticating Track Changes, creating and using macros and templates, coping with the snares and pitfalls Word users often encounter, and finding useful resources and program add-ins. With this guidance, editors can increase their page-per-hour throughput — and their income.
$15.25, 80 pages, coil-bound
$10.25, pdf download
Textbook Development as an Art and a Science
ISBN: 978-1-880407-24-0
Carolyn D. Smith with Jeannine Ciliotta
Seasoned textbook development editor Carolyn D. Smith and freelance writer Jeannine Ciliotta explain the steps that go into developing a textbook, from initial concept to final manuscript, in this classic EFA publication.
$8.25, 28 pages, saddle-stitched
$4.25, pdf download
Grammatical Gleanings
ISBN: 978-1-880407-26-4
Patrica M. Godfrey
Grammar maven Patricia M. Godfrey offers guidance to "working professional copy editors and any others who share their love of the English language and who delight to explore its byways" in fifteen essays that originally appeared in "The Wizard of Rs," a regular column in the Editorial Freelancers Association newsletter. Discussing issues of grammar and syntax, idiom and semantics, and punctuation and typography, "this brief collection will clarify a few obscure points, warn of imminent linguistic peril, or simply add to the knowledge and relish with which its readers regard the language."
$9.25, 60 pages, perfect-bound
$5.25, pdf download
A Freelance Editor's Guide to Book Production
ISBN: 978-1-880407-27-1
Rachel Hockett
Veteran book producer Rachel Hockett details the process of taking a book from raw manuscript to printer-ready files in this updated and revised edition of the popular EFA guide. Topics include creating the schedule, estimating the costs, hiring the freelancers and suppliers, preparing the text, creating the front matter and index, reviewing the proofs, invoicing, and working with the author and publisher.
$8.75, 36 pages, saddle-stitched
$4.75, pdf download
Résumés for Freelancers
ISBN: 978-1-880407-25-7
Sheila Buff
EFA Job List chair and New Freelancers Affinity Group leader Sheila Buff describes how to transform a traditional résumé into a marketing tool that will reel in freelance jobs. Using actual résumés as examples, she shows how to highlight skills and create a handout that leaves no doubt you're a talented professional committed to self-employment. She also discusses what to supply in addition to a résumé, as well as some alternatives to résumés.
$8.25, 24 pages, saddle-stitched
$4.25, pdf download
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