Who is the final proofreader?

2006-12-18 Thread Rob Shell
In publishing terms (old style, pre-PC), the final proofing had to be done by the author, but this used to be done jointly in three stages, first the galleys, second, the page proofs and finally the index. The typesetter also proofed all the copy and of course, the copy editors did their bit. If

Who is the final proofreader?

2006-12-17 Thread Rob Shell
In publishing terms (old style, pre-PC), the final proofing had to be done by the author, but this used to be done jointly in three stages, first the galleys, second, the page proofs and finally the index. The typesetter also proofed all the copy and of course, the copy editors did their bit. If