A literary editor is an editor in a newspaper or similar publication who deals with aspects concerning literature and books, especially reviews. A literary editor may also help with editing books themselves providing services such as proof reading, copy-editing and literary criticism. Editing is the process of preparing language, images, or sound for presentation through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... A chained book in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University A book is a collection of paper, parchment or other material with text, pictures, or both written on them, bound together along one edge, usually within covers. ... Proofreading is reading a proof copy of text for the purpose of detecting errors. ... Copy editing is the process by which an editor makes formatting changes and other improvements to text. ... Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ...

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• Literary Editors
• The Literary Editor's pick of the year, The Observer, Sunday 17 December 2006.