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CTyankee

(65,012 posts) Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:49 AM Oct 2022

I need help on listing credits in my art history book.

My editor is my daughter, who is knowledgeable about art and editing (she did my first art book).

But I needed to put my text into googledocs, so I hired an IT guy recommended by a professor at my grad school. He knows very little about art but is my tech support, big time! He also puts together my video presentations (slideshows) of art backed by music.

My question is how do I credit her and how do I credit him? He has become more essential to me technically and I want to give him top credits (which he very much wants as he is young and just starting out).

What is the appropriate way for authors to list these invaluable people? Is there a title such as "Technical Editor"? I want to give him a warmly appreciative mention, as I know he aspires to go beyond just IT technician and I want to help him in his career.

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I need help on listing credits in my art history book. (Original Post) CTyankee Oct 2022 OP

Old school... FalloutShelter Oct 2022 #1

I think I need to do more than that. CTyankee Oct 2022 #2

Good question... FalloutShelter Oct 2022 #3

I'm thinking "Production Manager" is appropriate. He did the conversion into googledocs from Word. CTyankee Oct 2022 #4

Check Owl Purdue. Might have ideas. SheltieLover Oct 2022 #5

Thanks! I always give credit in my opening pages. CTyankee Oct 2022 #6

You might also give her a mention on the cover! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #7

She gets BIG credit on that cover! CTyankee Oct 2022 #8

Excellent! 👏👏👏👏 SheltieLover Oct 2022 #9

She's a great photographer. Maybe she can take a shot of me looking at art at one of the museums we CTyankee Oct 2022 #10

Sounds perfect! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #11

what a great idea! My granddaughter, who is coming with us, can take it! CTyankee Oct 2022 #12

Wow! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #13

FalloutShelter

(12,747 posts)

1. Old school...

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:56 AM

Oct 2022

Thank them in a foreword?
I’m a writer also, and that is how I have handles editors and those who have given professional advice.

CTyankee

(65,012 posts)

2. I think I need to do more than that.

Reply to FalloutShelter (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 11:05 AM

Oct 2022

Is there such a thing as "Technical Production Editor"?

FalloutShelter

(12,747 posts)

3. Good question...

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 11:09 AM

Oct 2022

Perhaps you can add a page if you have an appendix? I’m a fiction writer and have never had this experience.

CTyankee

(65,012 posts)

4. I'm thinking "Production Manager" is appropriate. He did the conversion into googledocs from Word.

Reply to FalloutShelter (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 11:31 AM

Oct 2022

My daughter will be the Editor, which means she lays out the text and artwork.

SheltieLover

(59,599 posts)

5. Check Owl Purdue. Might have ideas.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 11:38 AM

Oct 2022

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html

Also, a special thank you in a forward is a nice idea. Or dedicate the book to them, with an explanation.

CTyankee

(65,012 posts)

6. Thanks! I always give credit in my opening pages.

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 11:52 AM

Oct 2022

My daughter also did the cover design, which is gorgeous.

In my Preface I write a little about why I did the book (personal visits to see the art and my own need to share great art that I have loved).

Funny story: my ex husband wondered to our daughter why HE didn't get any credit in my first book. When she asked him why he said something astonishing: that he was so neglectful of me I was driven to art in desperation. We all got a big laugh out of that, but what a sad, awful thing to say out loud...