Posted by qpen on May 6, 2010
Based on the actual writing and speaking styles of leading business executives worldwide, this book features easy-to-follow instructions and techniques for preparing polished written documents and writing and speaking in an articulate manner. Focusing on how leading business professionals really communicate, the basics of writing and speaking, including traditional grammar and speaking dos and don’ts, are covered. Examined are the particular styles in which business professional (more…)
Posted by qpen on April 10, 2010
Review
“…That mechanical engineer would probably do better to pick up Oliveira and Stewart’s Writing Scientific Software: A Guide to Good Style, whose subtitle could equally well have been “Things Computational Scientists Ought to Know”. The chapter titles are a good summary of its contents: basics of computer organization, software design, data structures, design for testing and debugging, global vs. local optimization, memory bugs and leaks, Unix tools, and so on. The writing (more…)
Posted by qpen on April 9, 2010
The Concise Rules of APA Style, Sixth Edition offers essential writing and formatting standards for students, teachers, researchers, and clinicians in the social and behavioral sciences. This easy-to-use pocket guide, compiled from the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, provides complete guidance on the rules of style that are critical for clear communication. Readers will learn how to avoid the grammatical errors most commonly r (more…)
Posted by qpen on April 8, 2010
You know the authors’ names. You recognize the title. You’ve probably used this book yourself. And now The Elements of Style–the most widely read and employed English style manual–is available in a specially bound 50th Anniversary Edition that offers the title’s vast audience an opportunity to own a more durable and elegantly bound edition of this time-tested classic. Offering the same content as the Fourth Edition, revised in 1999, the new casebound 50th Anniversary Edition (more…)
Posted by qpen on April 6, 2010
Amazon.com Review
“A foolish consistency,” Emerson insisted, “is the hobgoblin of little minds.” That may well be, but editors have enough reasons to reject your work; don’t let sloppy inconsistencies be one of them. The New York Times Manual of Style & Usage was written for the paper’s editors and writers, but it is a fine, up-to-date resource for anyone’s use. Our language is ever-mutating, and a guide such as this will ensure that you understand the impact your words mi (more…)
Posted by qpen on April 5, 2010
Review
“A standard guide for scholarly style.” — Library Journal”Clearly written, this style manual has the official imprimatur of the Modern Language Association of America. New features include citation formation for electronic sources and guidelines for preparing electronic files. Also featured are useful sections on placing a manuscript with a journal and with a press, copyediting, proofreading, and preparing an index (including strictures on the limitations of indexing soft (more…)
Posted by qpen on April 4, 2010
Amazon.com Review
What can we say? This weighty tome is the essential reference for all who work with words–writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, publishers, and students. Discover who Ibid is, how to deftly avoid the split infinitive, and how to format your manuscripts to impress any professor or editor (no, putting it in a blue plastic folder is just not enough).
From Library Journal
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Posted by qpen on April 2, 2010
The Business Writing Style Guide is a comprehensive and easy to use reference that answers all the frequently asked questions about writing style and outlines the most current business writing rules.The book is divided into 14 sections, and each section covers one writing style topic. There is a comprehensive bibliography and a glossary of terms. The detailed index ensures that the style guide is truly a handy reference, available to quickly answer questions as they arise.The se (more…)
Posted by qpen on April 1, 2010
Amazon.com Review
“A foolish consistency,” Emerson insisted, “is the hobgoblin of little minds.” That may well be, but editors have enough reasons to reject your work; don’t let sloppy inconsistencies be one of them. The New York Times Manual of Style & Usage was written for the paper’s editors and writers, but it is a fine, up-to-date resource for anyone’s use. Our language is ever-mutating, and a guide such as this will ensure that you understand the impact your words mi (more…)
Posted by qpen on March 31, 2010
Amazon.com Review
“Telling me to ‘Be clear,’ ” writes Joseph M. Williams in Style: Toward Clarity and Grace, “is like telling me to ‘Hit the ball squarely.’ I know that. What I don’t know is how to do it.” If you are ever going to know how to write clearly, it will be after reading Williams’ book, which is a rigorous examination of–and lesson in–the elements of fine writing. With any luck, your clear writing will turn graceful, as well. Though most of us, says Williams, (more…)
Posted by qpen on March 30, 2010
Amazon.com Review
With so many software products to its credit, Microsoft can’t help but have an opinion on computer terms and usage. Many topnotch technical companies, writers, and editors consider the Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications to be a standard in the industry. Technical writers and editors often refer to it when they can’t find an answer in The Chicago Manual of Style or when researching appropriate style issues to include in their company’s in (more…)
Posted by qpen on March 28, 2010
Amazon.com Review
Rare is the style guide that a person–even a word person–would want to read cover to cover. But The Economist Style Guide, designed, as the book says, to promote good writing, is so witty and rigorous as to be irresistible. The book consists of three parts. The first is the Economist’s style book, which acts as a position paper of sorts in favor of clear, concise, correct usage. The big no-noes listed in the book’s introduction are: “Do not be stuffy… (more…)
Posted by qpen on March 27, 2010
Review
“John R. Kohl’s masterpiece, The Global English Style Guide: Writing Clear, Translatable Documentation for a Global Market, is an indispensable and thoroughly usable set of recommendations and examples. By implementing the appropriate suggestions, every technical writer can now create translatable text that can be better understood by humans and better processed by machines. Terrific work.” Leif Sonstenes, Director Sales and Marketing, Locatech GmbH “Backed by solid rese (more…)
Posted by qpen on March 26, 2010
From Booklist
First published in 1937, Turabian’s manual has been updated to reflect the fifteenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style (2003) as well as the habits and needs of today’s students. The chapter on source citation now includes sections on online databases, e-books, and “informally published electonic sources.” A new and lengthy part 1, “Researching and Writing: From Planning to Production,” cautions researchers to “beware of Wikipedia” and “never cite it as an auth (more…)
Posted by qpen on February 14, 2010
Review
“The Web Content Style Guide is a valuable resource for anyone involved in creating content for the Web.” Janette Young, Managing Information magazine “This comprehensive and authoritative overview of content management starts with useful guidelines to writing and designing web material. If only most webmasters could heed the sound advice given here, then web surfing would be a much happier experience for us all! Following this, the glossary of terms and definitions also (more…)
