Sep 15, 2019
Copyediting and the fact-checking process
Denise and Louise talk to Laura Poole, a professional copyeditor who specializes in working with university presses on scholarly non-fiction, mainly in the humanities. Laura discusses the importance of fact checking.
Listen to find out more about:
* What a copyediting service includes
* When fact checking takes place in the editorial process
* Fiction: place names, historical accuracy, idiom, dates, etymology
* Non-fiction: people names, obscure terms, place names, dates, protecting author reputation
* Differences between spot checking and fact checking
* Fact checking for consistency across series
* Print versus digital: preventing reputational damage in the long term
* Tools for fact checking
* Who’s responsible for fact checking?
* Effective and sensitive querying of facts in non-fiction
* Artistic licence with facts in fiction
Mentioned in the show:
* Laura Poole, Archer Editorial: https://www.sfep.org.uk/directory/laura-poole and https://www.linkedin.…