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Title: Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry, Second Edition by Sun Technical Publications, Sun Technical Publications ISBN: 0-13-142899-3 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 16 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.9 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A good book gets even better in 2nd edition
Comment: The first edition of this style guide was good, especially if you wanted an alternative to the Microsoft Manual of Style, but this edition is even better. It covers a wider range of issues (for example, adding much information about writing online material), and covers them very well. In fact, the book goes a bit beyond style in an appendix on developing a publications department, but the topics covered are certainly relevant and valuable, so I'm glad they were included. I don't always agree with the style choices, but that's irrelevant; I've never seen any style guide I completely agree with. Overall, I'm so impressed with this book, I'm likely to use it as a textbook for teaching technical editors. As you can tell, I'm giving it the "highly recommended" stamp.
Rating: 4
Summary: Super Reference Book for Creating a Company Writing Style
Comment: This is an excellent book to read if you are in the position of having to create any kind of writing style guides for the company you work for. The book's sections include one on writing style itself and why it is important, working with an editor, working wit illustrations, writing for an international audience, legal guidelines, the "mechanics of writing," creating an index, among others. The book makes some good points and provides an informative reference for writing style questions.
Two small points against it. The CD is difficult at times to use and the Recommended Reading section lists some books that are out of print. Time for an update perhaps?
However, it's still an excellent book to have when having to make decisions about your own company's writing style. When I had to write a Writing Style Guide as a class assignment, this book was one of the ones I used as a reference.
Rating: 5
Summary: Super Reference Book, with one small flaw!
Comment: I can't say enough good things about the information presented in this book - it has become a primary reference for me in all of my technical writing. I also use the Mcrosoft Sytle guide in conjunction with this book and find that the two balance each other very well. The one flaw with this book is -- as noted by another reviewer -- the CD. Frame Viewer is a product from the original authors of FrameMaker and, quite frankly, it's old! Also -- and this is most significant -- the files are .doc files, created with an older version of Frame. I found the best solution was to copy the .doc files into a separate folder, then open them directly with FM 5.5.6. The automatic conversion is performed and you can then save them as .fm files and even generate a pdf for personal ease-of-use.
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Title: Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications Third Edition by Microsoft Corporation Editori, Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 0735617465 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 12 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Standards for Online Communication by JoAnn T. Hackos, Dawn M. Stevens ISBN: 0471156957 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 07 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
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Title: The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition by University of Chicago Press Staff ISBN: 0226104036 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Technical Editing: The Practical Guide for Editors and Writers (Hewlett-Packard Press) by Judith A. Tarutz ISBN: 0201563568 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: June, 1992 List Price(USD): $39.50 |
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Title: Managing Your Documentation Projects by JoAnn T. Hackos ISBN: 0471590991 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 23 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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