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15 types of materials that academic editors work on
Episode 14417th July 2025 • The Editing Podcast • Louise Harnby (fiction editor) and Denise Cowle (non-fiction editor)
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Explore a selection of the different types of materials you might consider working on if you’re an academic editor.

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  • Books and monographs
  • Conference materials
  • Grant proposals
  • Journal articles
  • Peer review reports
  • Reference lists
  • Research reports
  • Review articles
  • Textbooks and handbooks
  • Theses and dissertations
  • White papers
  • Editorials and opinion pieces
  • Book chapters
  • Meta-analyses
  • Case studies

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'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

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