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Conferences and Events
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Collective wisdom
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- Editing Matters: the magazine for editors and proofreaders
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- Example issue: Sept/Oct 2011 issue
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- The SfEP book review database
News
- 22 October 2012: Judith Butcher Award: Winner announced by SfEP
- 30 July 2012: Judith Butcher Award: First shortlist announced by SfEP
- 15 July 2011: Proofreaders help to protect the bottom line
- 16 June 2011: Join us in Oxford for our annual conference – booking closes soon
- 18 May 2011: So you think you can proofread?
- 18 April 2011: Standing room only at the SfEP's London Book Fair seminar (image gallery)
- 9 March 2011: Book before 31 March for the SfEP conference
- 18 February 2011: What price quality? Overseas outsourcing of editorial services
- 10 February 2011: Join us in Oxford for our 22nd annual conference
- 31 January 2011: The SfEP's first seminar at the London Book Fair
- Media release archive:
- Media releases 2012
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FAQs
- Introduction to the SfEP FAQs
- Copy-editing FAQ
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- Working freelance FAQ
- Training and qualifications FAQ
- Using copy-editors and proofreaders FAQ
- 21 top tips to make the most of your freelance copy-editor or proofreader
- 21 top tips to make the most of your project manager or managing editor
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Members' area
- The following services are available once logged in:
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- Recent changes to the Members' area
- Growing list of SfEP benefits:
- Discounts on books and journals, including: Oxford Dictionaries Online; Bookbrunch e-zine; Effective Onscreen Editing 2nd Edition (Geoff Hart); Scientific Style and Format (Scion Publishing); Oxford University Press books (various); Profile Books (including Economist Style Guide); The Vocabula Review
- Discounts on training, including: ALPSP training; Certitec Adobe software training; Publishing Training Centre; Society of Indexers; User Friendly - IT training in Scotland
- Discounts on software, including: PerfectIt MS Word add-in; Reference Checker bibliographic reference-checking program; Editorial Training's low-cost websites
- Other discounts, including BSI marks for copy preparation and proof correction; flyer advertising in Editing Matters; UK Speechwriters' Guild membership; reduced entry to London Book Fair; Freelancers in the UK register
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