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Friday, June 29th, 2012
10 Works of Literature That Were Really Hard to Write
Mental Floss
Magic Tricks of the Trade A book without the letter E, a book written by choosing letters by eye blinks, a book written by a nine year old (misspellings included, even in the title). Can't quite imagine editing these . . .
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Friday, June 29th, 2012
What Makes Bad Writing?
Wall Street Journal
We Know It When We Read It We editors have all been there—attempting to salvage bad writing. Good to know we're not alone in our frustration. But can you put your finger on what makes bad writing? This article will help.
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Friday, June 29th, 2012
New Stamps Celebrate Charles Dickens
Christian Today
Celebrating a Dickens of a Bicentenary It's been two hundred years since his birth in 1812, and these stamps commemorate some of Dickens' finest characters.
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Friday, June 29th, 2012
50 Books That Changed the World
Online Education Database
These Are the Must-Reads So this is their top 50—which ones would you add? What books have changed your world?
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Friday, June 29th, 2012
What Makes a Children’s Book Great?
Publishing Perspectives
Growing, Sharing, and Enjoying Children’s Books A report from the first ever children's publishing conference held this past May 31 in NYC. President and CEO of Scholastic, Inc., plus several panels, weigh in.
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Friday, June 29th, 2012
Christian Leaders Outdoing Celebs in Twitter Interaction
Christian Today
Encouragement? Pass It On! People are following and retweeting—especially words of encouragement. "Twitter is just made for the Bible" and apparently many folks agree.
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Friday, June 29th, 2012
Nook Version of War and Peace Contains Embarrassing Search-and-Replace Error
Yahoo! News
The Dangers of Some Shortcuts Sometimes those Microsoft Word shortcuts can cause trouble. Watch out for that global search and replace!
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Friday, May 25th, 2012
Crouching Typo, Hidden Error
ragan.com
4 Mistakes That Spell Check Won’t Catch All editors know not to depend on spell check for finding all errors, and this is a good little refresher course.
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Friday, May 25th, 2012
Five Hundred New Fairytales Discovered in Germany
The Guardian
Time for Some New Disney Movies? And you thought there were no more fairy tales! This collection of myths, legends, and fairytales, gathered by the local historian Franz von Schonworth in Bavaria (about the same time the Grimm brothers were gathering theirs) has come to light after hiding for 150 years.
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Friday, May 25th, 2012
Man versus Machine: the Ultimate Editing Challenge
Intelligent Editing
Can Machines Make Editors Obsolete? So a brave editor goes up against an editing program created for professionals. Who will win?
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