CONTENT
The main piece of advice I have for the editor of a collection that you should exercise a firm hand in providing substantive guidance. I think it is important that everyone should be working from the same set of definitions and that, if divergent views are expressed, it is consciously.
Don’t let your content be driven by who volunteers for what. Make a list of the important topics that you need to cover and then make sure you have someone to cover each one.
Make sure that your collection is making one “mega” point — e.g., John Boyd was an important strategic thinker – and a few “big points” — e.g., John Boyd is increasingly relevant today.
You should make a deliberate effort to cover the ground thoroughly — explain what is meant by your terminology as it’s used in practice — and intelligently — what are the most useful ways to use the concepts?
PROCEDURAL
Make sure that your authors fill out the Nimble Books Standard Contributors Contract (for people submitting chapters to an edited collection) and that they have permission (or know where to get it) for any copyrighted images they may use.
STYLE
It will save a lot of time if you make sure all your authors use the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, and that they all use Word styles consistently.
Heading 1 for chapter title
Heading 2 for subheads
Caption for Figures
Normal (or Body Text) for standard paragraphs
List Bullet
One period after the end of sentences is standard for typeset material.
US quotation style: “double quotes” around all direct quotations and all quoted phrases (he had a “spaz attack”). Single quotes only inside double quotes.
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