Editorial standards in European publishing houses using the example of Great Britain

The purpose of this study was to trace the evolution of editorial standards in UK book publishing and find out their impact on the development of ethical, linguistic, and professional norms in the European publishing space. The study covered five phases, in which the historical, institutional, technological, and integration aspects of the British editorial tradition, which has evolved from craft practices to contemporary quality control systems. The results showed that the professionalisation of editing in the UK was formed as a multi-level system that combined language unification, ethical control, and technological modernisation. It was found that the standards developed within the university publishing houses became the basis for European standards of textual accuracy, and the introduction of codes of editorial ethics and review systems ensured the stability of publishing procedures. It was revealed that the mechanisms of fact-checking and reliability in British practice have a clear institutional structure, and their effectiveness is confirmed by the level of transparency, publicity of reports, and interaction of independent organisations with public broadcasters. The study also showed that the digitalisation of editorial processes in the UK has not led to the loss of the humanitarian content of the profession: automated tools were used as auxiliary tools to ensure grammatical correctness and stylistic consistency, but the final control remains with the individual. The analysis showed that the British editing model serves as a benchmark for the balance between technological efficiency and ethical principles, forming the basis for further unification of European standards. The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of applying British editing principles to improve national publishing policies, create common quality control criteria, and develop training programmes for editors in European countries