publishing-editorial
Edit manuscripts and prepare proofs, metadata, indexes, submission materials, and revised editions with traceable source and production checks.
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GitHubPublishing And Editorial
Choose one primary mode and read only its workflow. Add modes only for distinct editorial stages or artifacts the request explicitly includes.
Resolve each link relative to the file containing it. Workflow links to ../artifacts/ refer to this package’s references/artifacts/ directory.
| Mode | Use when | Workflow |
|---|---|---|
fiction-development-workflows |
Develop premise, plot, character, viewpoint, continuity, genre promise, or revision priorities. | Fiction development |
nonfiction-manuscript-development |
Develop thesis, audience, proposal, chapter architecture, evidence plan, or revision strategy. | Nonfiction development |
line-copyediting-workflows |
Perform line editing, copyediting, style-sheet, consistency, query-log, or proof handoff work. | Line and copyediting |
fact-checking-source-review |
Match long-form claims to source packets, interviews, data, records, and author notes. | Fact-checking |
book-metadata-packaging |
Prepare metadata, positioning copy, categories, keywords, accessibility fields, and package checks. | Book metadata |
publishing-production-workflows |
Coordinate copy flow, schedules, proofs, metadata, assets, indexing, and production blockers. | Publishing production |
permissions-rights-review |
Track third-party content, permission status, license scope, attribution, and restrictions. | Permissions and rights |
journal-submission-workflows |
Prepare journal-fit checks, package requirements, disclosures, reviewer responses, and resubmissions. | Journal submission |
proofreading |
Compare a stable manuscript and its proof or final text to find production errors, missed corrections, and residual textual defects. | Publication Proofreading |
publication-format-review |
Inspect a supplied publication artifact for structural, visual, navigation, and accessibility defects using evidence appropriate to its actual format. | Publication Format Review |
indexing-workflows |
Create and revise a usable index from inspected text with deliberate term selection, cross-references, and locators tied to a stable source version. | Indexing Workflows |
submission-package-preparation |
Prepare complete literary, book, essay, or other general submission materials against supplied destination requirements without submitting them. | Submission Package Preparation |
edition-maintenance |
Apply and document post-publication corrections or revised-edition changes across authoritative text and identified derivative artifacts. | Edition Maintenance |
Load only the selected workflow and its conditionally needed artifacts. Deliver complete requested editorial text or applied revisions, preserve author/source provenance and deliberate voice, and distinguish preparation from actual submission or publication. Do not fabricate evidence, authorship, rights clearance, or approval.