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In this video Senior Production Editors Emily Park and Julie Van Pelt talk about the first step in doing that: copyediting, specifically book copyediting. They discuss what it is, what you can expect, and how you and your copyeditor will work together.

In this video, Stephanie Summerhays, senior production editor and FirstGen Program Committee member, discusses the role of the production editor in turning a manuscript into a book and the people authors will work with throughout the process.

"Behind the Scenes" series uncovers elements of book-making and publishing that make up our industry. A book represents a physical object that took the creative labor of a variety of people and processes to bring it into being, or "between covers", in industry speak.At UC Press, a team of people