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| Author: Norm Goldstein
Publisher: Basic Books
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
Buy New: $12.89
You Save: $6.06 (32%)
Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 2888
Media: Paperback
Edition: Rev Upd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.7 x 1
ISBN: 046500489X
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.06607
EAN: 9780465004898
Publication Date: July 28, 2007
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 Too relevant to not be in a digital format December 20, 2007
The issue with this book is not that it is not relevant or useful. To the contrary, it is much too relevant to be left on the shelf. It needs to be published and indexed in an electronic format that can be quickly searched and accessed by writers under deadline.
The stylebook can be read front-to-back as a condensed general knowledge tome.
Makes a great gift, especially for people stumped by the basics of professional writing.
The supreme authority! July 12, 2008
I have used the AP Stylebook for over 5 years. The entries are easy to find and easy to understand. Entries are brief and to the point. Are the seasons capitalized? How about north, south, east and west? Where do you place adverbs - before or after the verb, or someplace else? It's Web site - two words and the first one is capitalized. Internet is capitalized because it's a proper noun.
This book has the definitive answers. I don't work for a newspaper anymore, but, as a freelance writer, I miss this book more and more everyday. I must get my own. You will never be sorry that you bought this book. It will help you no matter what kind of writing you do.
Helpful August 8, 2008
This was quite helpful while taking a journalism course. It takes a few minutes to understand the layout of the book to lookup things, but once you get it, it's easy.
I think this book helped raise me a letter grade in my course. Anyone taking a journalism course with a strict professor or planning on entering journalism should get a copy. My textbook had a reference in it, but it was quite small. With the low cost of this book, you can't go wrong.
If you're taking the course without an intent to go into journalism, check to see if you can use copies from the department first.
AP Stylebook Review October 2, 2008
The 2008 AP Stylebook is a useful guide to any potential journalist. It is necessary to know the ins and outs of writing and nothing articulates it better than this book.
 oops! wrong edition October 24, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Perhaps my mistake, but I wanted at least a 2003 edition, not the 2001 one I already own. The subcontractor told me I can return the one I got, but I presume it will cost me more in shipping than a copy would cost me here in town.
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