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Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers has been an editor for a wide range of magazine and book publishers since 1987. He also teaches editing and writing courses in the magazine department at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. New at Wordsandmusic.info: links for journalists and editors. >>>
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Over the years Rodgers has also done freelance editing and proofreading for Macworld, PC World, MacUser, Parenting, Mix, Electronic Musician, San Francisco Focus, and other publications.
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BOOKSRecent book-editing projects include: |
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The Plain and Simple Guide to
Music Publishing,
by Randall D. Wixen (Hal Leonard) >>> |
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Your Musical Child, by
Jessica Baron Turner, M.A. (String Letter) >>> |
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Eating Apes,
by Dale Peterson (University of California) >>> |
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In the latter half of the '90s, Rodgers launched the book division at String Letter Publishing and acquired, developed, and edited dozens of titles, including (click on titles for more info and on-line ordering): GUIDEBOOKSInside Blues GuitarSongwriting and the Guitar Performing Acoustic Music A Cellist's Life Acoustic Guitar Owner's Manual Classical Guitar Answer Book Custom
Guitars: A Complete Guide to Contemporary Handcrafted Guitars
The Acoustic Guitar Method series CD SONGBOOKSAcoustic Guitar Artist SongbookFingerstyle Guitar Masterpieces Flatpicking Guitar Masterpieces Alternate Tunings Guitar Collection For complete details on these and other titles (including reviews), see the SLP site. Freelance book editing and consulting clients include St. Martin's Press, Dorling Kindersley, University of California Press, Backbeat Books, Hal Leonard Publishing. PRODUCER Many of Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers' book projects for String Letter Publishing have
included instructional and compilation CDs,
and his editorial responsibilities included shaping the audio content and working closely
with engineers during the mastering process.
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Rodgers created and produced the Acoustic Artists CD Series, a quarterly audio complement to Acoustic Guitar magazine that introduced subscribers to new artists and songs. | ||||
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In 1995, Rodgers coproduced Rhino Records' compilation CD The Acoustic Edge: Great Acoustic Music of the '90s and wrote the liner notes. | |||||
As founding editor of
Acoustic Guitar, Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers created the editorial
blueprint, hired contributors and staff, and built the magazine into the
leader in its field. In 1990, Acoustic Guitar won the Maggie Award for Best New
Consumer Magazine from the Western Publications Association; in 2000, his last year as
editor, Acoustic Guitar was a finalist for an Editorial Excellence Award from Folio:,
along with TV Guide. 
In
September 2006, Rodgers was appointed editor of