Deborah Robson's Editorial Summary, Books

Deborah Robson Editorial summary, books editing, design, and production

	Since 1980, in addition to a large amount of magazine work, I have contributed substantially to the editing and production of more than 75 books, published by:

	Interweave Press (24 titles)
	The University of Massachusetts Press (34 titles)
	Nomad Press
	The University of California Press
	Sierra Club
	The Westfield Center for Early Keyboard Studies
	Houghton Mifflin
	Little, Brown/Atlantic Monthly
	Harper and Row
	and others

	I’ve contributed to these projects in many ways, listed below. I enjoy the whole process—from idea to completed product—and particularly relish challenges in the areas indicated by dark green diamonds and dark text.


		Acquisitions, concept, and editorial direction:
		idea development
		conceptual editing
		contracting
		recruitment and supervision of editorial and design teams (proofreaders, copyeditors, illustrators, photostylists, photographers, designers)

		Editorial processes:
		substantive editing
		coaching authors through full rewrite (from the ground up, sitting side by side at the computer, if that’s what works)
		rewriting
		line editing
		developmental consultation and editing
		copyediting
		proofreading

		Technical consultation:
		fact checking
		research
		technical review (how-to processes)
		technical editing (how-to instructions)
		project development

		Design and art direction:
		page design and layout
		specification and development of visuals
		cover design

		Production:
		production management
		one- and two-color web and sheetfed
		four-color web (book and magazine)

	Especially adept at solving problems with books of the following types:
	texts that require clean design and closely integrated visuals
	literary fiction and nonfiction
	textile history and techniques
	poetry
	scholarly books (primarily humanities and natural history)

	Representative titles:

	Alden Amos, The Alden Amos Big Book of Spinning (Interweave Press).

	Lucille Clifton, Two-Headed Woman (University of Massachusetts Press).

	V. G. Dethier, The World of the Tent-Makers: A Natural History of the Eastern Tent Caterpillar (University of Massachusetts Press).

	Douglas Fenner, Owen Jander, and Barbara Owen, editors, Charles Brenton Fisk, Organ Builder: Essays in His Honor (2 vols., Westfield Center for Early Keyboard Studies).

	Priscilla Gibson-Roberts, Knitting in the Old Way (revised edition, Nomad Press, forthcoming 2003).

	Priscilla Gibson-Roberts, Simple Socks, Plain and Fancy (Nomad Press).

	Patricia Goedicke, Crossing the Same River (University of Massachusetts).

	Flo Hoppe, Wicker Basketry (Interweave Press).

	John Brinckerhoff Jackson, The Necessity for Ruins, and Other Topics (University of Massachusetts Press).

	Barry M. Casper and Paul David Wellstone, Powerline: The First Battle of America’s Energy War (University of Massachusetts Press).

	Henri Maspero, Taoism and Chinese Religion, translated by Frank A. Kierman, Jr. (University of Massachusetts Press).

	Carmen Michelson and Mary-Ann Davis, The Knitter’s Guide to Sweater Design (Interweave Press).

	David Park, The Image of Eternity: Roots of Time in the Physical World (University of Massachusetts Press).

	Trevor Robinson, The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker (revised edition, University of Massachusetts Press).

	Deborah Robson, editor, Handspun Treasures from Rare Wools: Collected Works from the Save the Sheep Project (Interweave Press).

	Award: Rocky Mountain Book Publishers Association award in recognition of design and production excellence, first place how-to book, designer, for Virginia M. West, Finishing Touches for the Handweaver, revised edition (Interweave Press).



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