Review of Traditionally (Pencil and Paper) Copyedited Manuscript

prepared by Publication Services

We have copyedited your manuscript on paper, using the final manuscript provided to us. Before you begin your review of the copyedited manuscript, please confirm that the final version of your manuscript was used. The edit-approved manuscript that results from your author review will be used throughout production to prepare your finished title.

Queries to you from the copyeditor (called “author queries”) are typically boxed in the right-hand margin (space permitting).

Please read and respond to each of these queries, or the later stages of your book will likely be delayed. Often it is enough to circle the word “OK,” as when your copyeditor has queried, “Edit OK?” At other times you'll need to do just a bit of explaining.

Do not erase any of the copyeditor's marks. Instead draw a line through whatever you want to delete, or, if you wish to reinstate something the editor has deleted, print a row of dots below the material and write “stet” (circled) in the left margin. It's best to not obliterate something you wish to delete, but rather to use just a simple line through it, ending with a loop above or below the line.
When making changes, print clearly using a different-colored pencil from the marks already on your manuscript.
Do not tear off flags after you have read them; instead signify with a check mark that you have answered each one (after you have dealt fully with the query).
During your review, check for accuracy, for completeness of content, and to satisfy yourself that the copyeditor's work is appropriate.
The copyeditor's task is to style the manuscript consistently in accordance with publisher and book industry standards, and to correct errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and word usage. The copyeditor may not find errors of fact, and it is your job to check scientific formulas, mathematical calculations, and research content.
Please read through all copyediting changes and answer all queries addressed to you on flags or in the margin of the manuscript itself. Please respond to queries by actually changing the copy rather than writing your response on a flag.
Some of your copyeditor's queries may express concern about whether you have permission to quote or use textual or illustrative material. It is part of our editorial obligation to monitor possible permissions issues. Please respond to all permissions queries, even if you have already discussed the matter with someone else, because we must communicate the permissions status of your book to the publisher.
Please carefully review all of your math for completeness and correctness.
Please review your art manuscript, making changes where correction to content is necessary. Please review our copyedit of your art, especially to answer author queries.

Addition of Substantial New Material

If you need to add more than a line or so of text, structure your additions in inserts. Write “Place text from insert A here,” or just “Insert A,” where you want the new text inserted. Provide hardcopy labeled, for example, “Insert A for p. xxx.” Attach (paperclip) the insert hard copy to the back of the manuscript page where you want the material inserted. Put your inserts into a separate Word file for each chapter. A file name such as Ch1.inserts.doc is fine. In addition to hard copy, provide these chapter insert files on a 3.5-inch, PC-formatted floppy diskette (or attach them to an e-mail) so they can be added to the chapter files of your book.