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Subject:Re: GPO Manual From:Jan Stanley <janron -at- CONCENTRIC -dot- NET> Date:Mon, 28 Jun 1999 20:45:05 -0400
According to the GPO's web site (www.gpo.gov; the cited page is https://orders.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=1526
317684+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve), the 1984 edition of the style
manual is out of print and "THE 1984 ISSUE WILL NOT BE REPRINTED,
A REVISED EDITION IS BEING PREPARED." (Forgive them their caps.)
At least one commercial publisher has printed the GPO manual
under its own imprint. Powell's Books has a copy: http://www.powells.com/search/DTSearch/search?wlnsubject=printing
stylemanuals
As others have suggested, used bookstores or the Advanced Book
Exchange would be good bets.
It's possible that the company that placed the job ad doesn't
expect the applicant to be familiar with *both* Chicago and GPO,
but may be satisfied if the applicant is familiar with one and
aware that there are plenty of other style manuals going (The New
York Public Library Writer's Guide to Style and Usage, the
Associated Press manual, and the APA manual are just three of the
many more that are out there).
Regards,
Jan (who would be only too glad to see the last of her copy of
the GPO manual, and would gladly send it to someone else, if she
weren't afraid she'd need it again some day)
janron -at- concentric -dot- net
