Manuscript editor vs book editor

The differences between manuscript editors and book editors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a manuscript editor and a book editor. Additionally, a book editor has an average salary of $64,052, which is higher than the $62,481 average annual salary of a manuscript editor.

The top three skills for a manuscript editor include public health, proofreading and XML. The most important skills for a book editor are fiction, copyedit, and literature.

Manuscript editor vs book editor overview

	Manuscript Editor	Book Editor
Yearly salary	$62,481	$64,052
Hourly rate	$30.04	$30.79
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	4,467	11,671
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 72%	Bachelor's Degree, 73%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

Manuscript editor vs book editor salary

Manuscript editors and book editors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Manuscript Editor	Book Editor
Average salary	$62,481	$64,052
Salary range	Between $36,000 And $107,000	Between $36,000 And $111,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between manuscript editor and book editor education

There are a few differences between a manuscript editor and a book editor in terms of educational background:

	Manuscript Editor	Book Editor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 72%	Bachelor's Degree, 73%
Most common major	English	English
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Manuscript editor vs book editor demographics

Here are the differences between manuscript editors' and book editors' demographics:

	Manuscript Editor	Book Editor
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 34.1% Female, 65.9%	Male, 33.0% Female, 67.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 6.9% White, 76.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 7.1% White, 76.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	12%	12%

Differences between manuscript editor and book editor duties and responsibilities

Manuscript editor example responsibilities.

Manage editorial team to create secondary-education textbooks.
Typeset editorial content and manage paste-up board production.
Revise fiction manuscript through content organization, proofreading, and line editing
Provide editing services for both fiction and non-fiction manuscripts.
Proofread galleys as final quality check, adding author responses to queries before typesetting and production.
Provide manuscript support services, including editing, proofreading, and formatting, for approximately 100 full-time faculty members.

Book editor example responsibilities.

Manage content using CMS tools and ongoing social media campaign and reader engagement via social media networks and blog.
Contract to edit works of fiction in all genres.
Assist with various tasks as needed by the editor-in-chief.
Initiate use of macros to expedite HTML coding of articles.
Edit manuscript; discuss opportunities for revision and clarification; copyedit.
Edit and convert works to html formatting prior to publi- cation.

Manuscript editor vs book editor skills

Common manuscript editor skills

Public Health, 18%
Proofreading, 17%
XML, 12%
Journal Articles, 9%
Peer Review, 8%
Editorial Changes, 8%

Common book editor skills

Fiction, 13%
Copyedit, 9%
Literature, 8%
Adobe Photoshop, 8%
Production Schedules, 6%
Non-Fiction, 6%

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