[1] Although publishers' guidelines for formatting are the most critical resource for authors,[2] style guides are also key references for authors preparing manuscripts since "virtually all professional editors work closely with one of them in editing a manuscript for publication.
"[3] Manuscript formatting depends greatly on the type of work that is being written, as well as the individual publisher, editor or producer.
Writers who intend to submit a manuscript should determine what the relevant writing standards are, and follow them.
Most publishers pay writers based on a hypothetical number of words in the manuscript.
[10] Page numbers, author's name, and title on every page ensure that if an unstapled manuscript is shuffled on a table, shared among two or more people, or dropped, it can easily be reassembled, and if a stack of unstapled manuscripts is dropped, it can easily be sorted into the correct sets.