“This is the book Oprah would write if her vocation were saving writers from embarrassment, rather than saving the whole world. To which I say, finally. I’ve got dozens of books concerned with the nuts and bolts of copy-editing, but this is the only one that teaches the fine art of chilling out.”
— Praise for the previous edition, Jennifer Balderama, New York Times
“May be the best copy editor’s companion since the CMS, the AP Style Guide and that dog-eared xerox of copy editing marks you keep tacked up on the cubicle wall. . . . This is an ideal complement to any style guide: practical, relentlessly supportive and full of ed-head laughs.”
— Praise for the previous edition, Publishers Weekly
“One of the great virtues of this book (which has been very well copy-edited) is the many helpful examples of exchanges and situations Saller uses to illustrate her points. Many are real—and some, incidentally, very funny.”
— Praise for the previous edition, Times Literary Supplement
“Saller is the mentor that every copyeditor dreams of: wise, smart, shrewd, gracious, generous, and self-deprecating.”
— Praise for the previous edition, Amy Einsohn, author of The Copyeditor’s Handbook
“If you admired—even loved—the first Subversive Copy Editor, you will perforce admire and love the second edition.”
— John McIntyre, Baltimore Sun
“With the book, (Saller) hopes to give copy editors ‘self-assurance and a measure of grace’ in negotiating words with the writers we are ‘charged with saving from themselves.’ It’s an invaluable work for aspiring copy editors, and a useful one for those more established. Writers—who all edit their own work, to a degree—will also find it illuminating. The Subversive Copy Editor is a wise, witty, and thoroughly helpful companion to the work of editing.”
— Stan Carey, Sentence First
“The best book on editing I’ve ever read.”
— Jonathon Owen, Arrant Pedantry
“Contains a multitude of pointers for anyone who deals with the written word. The triumvirate of carefulness, transparence, and flexibility is good advice for writers and editors of any level.”
— Praise for the audiobook version, AudioFile