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Standards for Online Communication, by JoAnn Hackos
Writing and Designing Online Help, 2nd ed. by William Horton
Human Factors for Technical Communicators, by Marlana Coe
Dynamics in Document Design, by Karen Schriver
Writing Software Documentation, by Thomas Barker
Illustrating Computer Documentation, by William Horton
The Art of Indexing, by Larry Bonura
Designing Windows 95 Help, by Mary Deaton and Cheryl Zubak
Editing: the Design of Rhetoric, by Sam Dragga and Gwen Gong
Those are just a few. I think you'll also find a bibliography on the
Techwr-L site, but I assume that you're looking for personal
recommendations. If you just want to see what's out there, you can go to
Amazon's web site and search for "technical writing" and "technical
communication." Seems like there haven't been too many good ones recently.
I don't know if Wylie Publishers are still printing titles in their
"Technical Communication Library" series but you might check their web
site, too.
Jane Bergen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <techmail_mike -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 10:56 AM
Subject: tech writer bookshelf
> I'm looking to beef up my bookshelf as far as books
> about general tech writing. So far, I have:
>
> MS MOS 2nd ed.
> Managing Your Documentation Projects Hackos
> Developing Quality Technical Information Hargis
>
> What other suggestions for good books would you have?
>
> TIA,
> Mike
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