SSOC 2024 unit
Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 202426415
Book editor
Book editor reviews and evaluates manuscripts of novels, biographies, collections of short stories, essays and poems, encyclopaedias, textbooks and other books submitted by authors and literary agents. He/she makes recommendations to publishers regarding the acceptability of material for publication and specifies the conditions of publication contracts. He/she also proposes the rearrangement, reduction or revision of manuscripts where necessary and negotiates the abovementioned with the respective authors.
Level
unit
Mapped ISCO
1
Source
SingStat
In this unit group: sibling units
Official data
| Official name | Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024) |
| Issuing authority | Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) |
| Tax authority | Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS) |
| Purpose | Classifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting. |
| Active version | SSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024) |
| Hierarchy level | Unit (final leaf, 5-digit) |
| Source | https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic |
| Prior versions | SSIC 2020, SSIC 2015 |
Definition & tasks
Book editor reviews and evaluates manuscripts of novels, biographies, collections of short stories, essays and poems, encyclopaedias, textbooks and other books submitted by authors and literary agents. He/she makes recommendations to publishers regarding the acceptability of material for publication and specifies the conditions of publication contracts. He/she also proposes the rearrangement, reduction or revision of manuscripts where necessary and negotiates the abovementioned with the respective authors.
Tasks
No tasks listed.
Examples
Under this unit
• Children’s book editor • Manuscripts editorial director
Elsewhere
• Newspaper editor, see 26422
Hierarchy context
Major group
2 PROFESSIONALSMinor group
264 AUTHORS, JOURNALISTS AND EDITORSUnit group
2641 Authors and Related WritersCorrespondence tables
SSOC 2020
- 26415 — Book editor
ISCO-08
- 2641 — Authors and related writers
Alphabetical index entries
Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.
Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.