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"An excellent editor"
Experienced Author
"A real gift for inspiring his authors to do their best."
Business Attorney
"It's been the happiest and most fruitful of
collaborations."
Experienced Trial Advocacy Author
"Mr. Roberts' pen is mightier than the sword."
Trial Lawyer
"A motivating
speaker."
Head of Telemarketing
"... the best
editor I've ever worked with."
Trial Lawyer, Barrister, and Experienced Author
"If you cannot state
a proposition clearly and
unambiguously, you do not understand it."
--one of Milton Friedman's early mentors
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editorial
work
"[E]ditors
... exist to keep authors, publishers and readers in harmony...."
Arthur Plotnik *
Since 1983, has worked as
an acquisition, development and line editor with hundreds of authors
across the country, including
- lawyers
- judges
- journalists
- law professors
- lobbyists
- computer consultants
- marketing consultants
designing and publishing news
and professional articles; technical, legal, political,
government, single and multi-volume books; reports;
and trial and appellate briefs -- in print
and online.
Chug's background includes:
- editorial management
- acquisition and development
of legal manuscripts
- Outline and manuscript development
- Competitor evaluation
- Identifying potential titles
- Identifying and recruiting authors
for state and national products
- Regular travel to meet with authors
and potential authors
- Developing and maintaining editorial
relationships
- Designing and editing group
publishing projects for national organizations, coordinating the
work of hundreds of authors
- Working with authors
from around the country
- Negotiate publication agreements
- working with diverse
information
- Law, legislation, software
- Articles for news and professional
publications
- Substantive and line editing
- Publishing new
and revised titles
- Writing and editing briefs and
memoranda for attorneys throughout the U.S.
- and marketing the finished
product
- Assisting in developing marketing
and publicity for new titles
- Presentations to sales people and
telemarketers
- Working trade shows
- Design and monitor implementation of
publishers' marketing plan
- Alternative copyright and licensing
arrangements
- Media relations
- Development and placement of
articles based on longer writings
related pages on LegalNews.Net
* "The
Elements of Editing: A Modern Guide for Editors and Journalists,"
by Arthur Plotnik, paperback (Macmillan 1997).
"[E]ditors ... exist to keep authors, publishers and readers in
harmony...." Buy this from Amazon.com - paperback
(1997) Highly Recommended.
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