The holiday season is like a mercifully distant relative who visits only once a year; I am always glad to see her arrive and always gladder to see her...

  If you're anything like me, you're likely still scrambling around the city and braving the inevitable crowds in search of the perfect gifts fo...

Though winter is not officially upon us until December 22, colder temperatures and frost-laden lawns have already been making appearances in Toronto...

Here at TEC, we receive calls from potential clients who are new to the writing process. The usual questions are about our services and rates, and abo...

    The original drafts of a novel create its structure and determine how the story will unfold. The years and years of editing that follo...

    I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Ruth Hood, who looks back on a long life of editing and library science. I asked her to t...

    No Canadian poets were mentioned in any of my high school English classes, and I’m certain that most of my hometown friends woul...

    Inside the Big Bookseller In preparation for the upcoming (and costly!) holiday season, I recently picked up a part-time gig at Indig...

        Ah, reference books! What would we do without them? Whether lined up in neat rows on library shelves or haphazar...

The hype generated around the release of Harper Lee’s Go Set A Watchman (HarperCollins, 2015) made many of us want to read this book. After ...

    We loved this blog when Nina first created it back in 2011. We had been discussing the challenges of texting for editors. The writing ...

It's safe to say that e-books are here to stay, and it's becoming clear that, contrary to warnings we all heard a few years ago, they aren't bri...

Fall has definitely arrived on this post-Thanksgiving Monday … wind, rain, and turning leaves … at least here in Toronto. And lots has...

On September 28, musician, academic, and activist Wab Kinew addressed a full house at the Toronto Reference Library’s Bluma Appel Salon. The e...

On Sunday September 27 at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, the 26th edition of The Word On The Street once again brought together the people who create...

Many people don't realize that when they decide to have their manuscript turned into an eBook, they have to choose one of two layout options: fixed or...

  The concept of eBooks has been around for a long time now, and it seems the debate over "print vs. screen" has, for the most part, e...

As one of our Academic Editors here at TEC, I've recently been working on a lot of graduate theses and dissertations, helping students to shape what t...

September 2015   We are reposting this blog from 2010 because the issue of copyright is still relevant, and the research challenges we faced wi...

A large manuscript has always presented stylistic challenges to editors, as we are charged with maintaining consistency through the entire work. If th...

  Since the term political correctness entered mainstream usage in the 1990s, it's been richly scorned and lampooned. Maybe this is because to s...

  Hello, TEC readers! Editors, like anyone else, occasionally like to take some time off and go on vacation, which is where I am this week. Wh...

  A good question to ask, especially when reading the University Press Issue, which was released on July 9. I happened to be at Book City on the...

What's Up @ TEC! August/September 2015 Edition   Here we are in August, enjoying the summer and all that it has to offer. ...

  Recently, we created a worksheet for self-publishing authors to calculate a rough estimate of what their costs for editing services might be. ...