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Last updated 1 November 2007

Editing

Edit Yourself, by Bruce Ross-Larson
W.W. Norton & Co., 1996, ISBN 0393313263. Order from Amazon.com
How to Edit Technical Documents, by Donald W. Bush
Oryx, 1995, ISBN 0897748700. Order from Amazon.com
Levels of Technical Editing, by David E. Nadziejka
Council of Biology Editors, 1999, ISBN 0914340158, 24 pages. A change in the levels of edit concept: “…the primary editorial focus must be to help ensure that the technical content is complete, accurate, and understandable to the intended audience.” Available from the Council of Science Editors’ website
Technical Editing, by Carolyn D. Rude
4th edition, Longman, 2005, ISBN 032133082X. Order from Amazon.com
Technical Editing, by Judith A. Tarutz
“The practical guide for editors and writers,” Hewlett Packard Press, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1992, ISBN 0201563568. Order from Amazon.com
Woe is I, by Patricia T. O’Conner
“The grammarphobe’s guide to better English in plain English,” expanded edition, Riverhead Books, 2004, ISBN 1594480060. Order from Amazon.com

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Style guides

Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition
University of Chicago Press, 2003, ISBN 0226104036. Order from Amazon.com
E-what? A guide to the quirks of new media style and usage, by Editors of EEI Press
EEI Press, 2000, ISBN 0935012257. Order from Amazon.com
Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications
Third edition, Microsoft Press, 2003, ISBN 0735617465. Order from Amazon.com
Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry
Sun Technical Publications, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2003, ISBN 0131428993. Review Order from Amazon.com
Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style
Edited by Philip Rubens, 2nd edition, Routledge, 2000, ISBN 0415925517, Review by Lori Lathrop. Order from Amazon.com
Scientific Style and Format
The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, Seventh Edition, Style Manual Committee, Council of Science Editors, 2006, ISBN 0-9779665-0-X. More information here. Can be ordered through a link on the book’s information page.

Style Manual: for Authors, Editors and Printers
6th edition, Australia, 2001, ISBN 0701636483. More information here. Can be ordered from Australian retailers such as Angus & Robertson or Booktopia.

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