Two of the books on my Amazon wishlist are Words Into Type and the 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. From this, you can infer that I want to enlarge my copy editing library. Or rather, does my wishlist imply that I want my library to grow? In the previous sentences, the way… Continue Reading
Last Monday during my class at Ryerson, I was thinking of ways in which I could contribute positively to both the Editor’s Association and the Writer’s Circle of Durham Region when I hit upon an idea: Why not, while attending the EAC Conference in May, approach other editors in attendance and interview them on behalf… Continue Reading
The excitement of the last post was fleeting, to say the least. On my way to work this morning, I passed by a suspiciously empty storefront at the corner of Front and Church. I was puzzled, and did a double take: the lights were off, and all of the goods inside were either gone or… Continue Reading
Today is Monday, and we should all know what that means: another day of class at Ryerson. This term, I’m taking a course in book production, so I shall soon be introduced to the fascinating world of paper stock, binding methods, printing techniques, CSS, XHTML, and so forth. I really hope that this course will… Continue Reading
A few days ago when I was browsing The Economist online (I know it sounds odd, bear with me!), an advertisement caught my attention: Champagne only comes from Champagne. It turns out that the ad promotes the proper labelling of wine so that only those wines coming from the Champagne region of France can be… Continue Reading
As we all ring in 2010, I’m happy to announce that I found out my final mark for the course in educational publishing I just finished, and ended up with an A-. While I still have yet to adapt my essay on digital readers and their potential effects on the publishing industry to this site,… Continue Reading
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