There are three principal kinds of editing: Proofing (checking the grammar and spelling, looking for typographical errors), Story (potentially an area of deep angst for both author and publisher), and Layout (the typesetting needed to ready a work for publishing often requires minor text changes, so a layout editor is employed to ensure that these do not alter the sense of the text).
There are three principal kinds of editing: Proofing (checking the grammar and spelling, looking for typographical errors), Story (potentially an area of deep angst for both author and publisher), and Layout (the typesetting needed to ready a work for publishing often requires minor text changes, so a layout editor is employed to ensure that these do not alter the sense of the text).