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Subject:Want to buy/borrow Peter Hartman book From:"Dallas Trainer" <las_inbox -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:17:31 -0600
Several of you have suggested that I read Peter Hartman's book, Starting a
Documentation Group, since that will be my task in my new job (which starts
February 1).
Seems like the book is hard to find; Amazon can get a copy and ship it to me
in 4-6 weeks. Before I order it from them, I thought I'd check here first to
see if anyone had a copy I could buy--or just borrow--sooner. Please let me
know, if you have a copy you can part with for a bit.
I did find a "starting a documentation group" overview by Peter Hartman on
the STC website. I imagine the book goes into some more detail than the STC
article, but the article was pretty good, too.
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