Part I. Publishing and editing -- 1. Books and journals -- Overview -- The parts of a book -- The parts of a journal -- . 2. Manuscript preparation, manuscript editing, and proofreading -- Overview and process outline -- Manuscript preparation guidelines for authors -- Manuscript editing -- Proofreading -- 3. Illustrations and tables -- Overview -- Illustrations -- Tables -- 4. Rights, permissions, and copyright administration / William S. Strong -- Overview -- Copyright law and the licensing of rights -- The publishing agreement -- The author's responsibilities -- Subsidiary rights and permissions -- Part II. Style and usage -- 5. Grammar and usage / Bryan A. Garner -- Grammar -- Syntax -- Word usage -- 6. Punctuation -- Overview -- Punctuation in relation to surrounding text -- Periods -- Commas -- Semicolons -- Colons -- Question marks -- Exclamation points -- Hyphens and dashes -- Parentheses -- Brackets and braces -- Slashes -- Quotation marks -- Apostrophes -- Spaces -- Multiple punctuation marks -- Lists and outline style -- 7. Spelling, distinctive treatment of words, and compounds -- Overview -- Plurals -- Possessives -- Contractions and interjections -- "A" and "an" -- Ligatures -- Word division -- Italics, capitals, and quotation marks -- Compounds and hyphenation -- 8. Names, terms, and titles of works -- Overview -- Personal names -- Titles and offices -- Epithets, kinship names, and personifications -- Ethnic, socioeconomic, and other groups -- Names of places -- Words derived from proper nouns -- Names of organizations -- Historical and cultural terms -- Calendar and time designations -- Religious names and terms -- Military terms -- Names of ships and other vehicles -- Scientific terminology -- Brand names and trademarks -- Software and devices -- Titles of works -- 9. Numbers -- Overview -- Numerals versus words -- Plurals and punctuation of numbers -- Inclusive numbers -- Roman numerals -- 10. Abbreviations -- Overview -- People and organizations -- Geographic terms -- Designations of time -- Scholarly abbreviations -- Biblical abbreviations -- Technology and science -- Commercial and social abbreviations -- 11. Languages other than English -- Overview -- General principles -- Languages using the Latin alphabet -- Languages usually transliterated (or Romanized) -- Classical Greek -- Old English and Middle English -- American sign language (ASL) -- 12. Quotations and dialogue -- Overview -- Permissible changes to quotations -- Quotations in relation to text -- Quotation marks -- Dialogue and other forms of direct discourse -- Drama, discussions and interviews, and field notes -- Ellipses -- Interpolations and clarifications -- Attributing quotations in text -- Part III. Source citations and indexes -- 13. Source citations : overview -- Introduction to source citations -- Notes and bibliography : basic format -- Notes and bibliography : examples and variations -- Notes -- Bibliographies -- Author's name -- Title of work -- Author-date : basic format -- Author-date : examples and variations -- Author-date reference lists -- Author-date text citations -- 14. Source citations : examples -- Overview -- Books -- Periodicals -- Websites, blogs, and social media -- Interviews and personal communications -- Papers, contracts, and reports -- Manuscript collections -- Special types of references -- Multimedia -- Legal and public documents -- 15. Indexes -- Overview -- Components of an index -- General principles of indexing -- What parts of a work to index -- Indexing proper names and variants -- Indexing titles of publications and other works -- Alphabetizing -- Punctuating indexes : a summary -- The mechanics of indexing -- Editing an index for publication -- Typographical considerations for indexes -- Examples of indexes.