My manuscript is back and it looks more and more like a real book! It's not in galleys yet, but the copy edited version is in a new type face, has a page listing contents, space for the dedication and acknowledgments - and oh yes, the eight chapters of the book itself, marked up by the copy editor.
On initial inspection, this editing looks fairly light - mostly punctuation and style changes. For instance, I had underlined the name of books; they put them in italics. But this is how closely the book is read: I made reference to "Arlo Guthrie's song, 'City of New Orleans.'" The copy editor checked and then noted that the song was actually written by Steve Goodman. She corrected what I wrote, changing it to, "Arlo Guthrie's recording of "City of New Orleans."
That's what I call careful editing.
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