Editorial Services Guide
By The Bay Area Editors' Forum
| Acquisitions editing | Indexing | Production editing |
| Copyediting | Information design | Project editing |
| Developmental editing | Page design | Proofreading |
| Fact checking | Permissions editing | Technical editing |
Definition: Acquisitions editing
In contrast to developmental editing, which defines the how of a work, acquisitions editing defines the what. Duties typically include the following:
- Analyzing the identified market by studying marketing data, current events, trends, and printed products from competing publishers.
- Finding publishable material for a given market.
- Finding and signing authors.
- Articulating the marketing goals for the project to the editorial team.