The McGraw-Hill Handbook of More Business Letters [Paperback]

Ann Poe (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0070505179 | ISBN-13: 978-0070505179 | Publication Date: July 1, 1998 | Edition: 1

Over 300 time-saving model business letters!

A virtual business-in-a--book, The McGraw-Hill Handbook of More Business Letters helps you smoothly and effectively handle just about any business scenario you'll ever encounter. From product announcements to responses to complaints. From hard-working sales letters to contract negotiations, nondisclosure agreements, requests for payment and scores more! Here are 300 new, time- and work-saving letters you can use to avoid procrastination and unprofessional delays. Author Ann Poe — who also wrote the popular McGraw-Hill Handbook of Business Letters, — puts even more useful, up-to-date information at your fingertips:
*Suggestions on how to get the most from your computer
*Guidance on form and style to make your letters, memos, and faxes look great
*Tips for using e-mail to its best advantage
*Advice on security and protecting private business information
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From the Back Cover

Over 300 time-saving model business letters. A companion to the tremendously popular McGraw-Hill Handbook of Business Letters (over 100,000 copies sold), this book delivers more than 300 new, time- and work-saving letters that are ideal for any business siutation--from product announcemnts to responses to complaints to response-getting sales letters. This invaluable resource is a virtual business-in-a-book. Part One gives you practical ideas and tips on how to make your business communications more effective. Part Two contains over 300 sample letters for you to adapt and use.

All the letters in this book will help you smoothly and effectively handle typical scenarios, from the routine to the critical and highly delicate. You also get useful, up-to-date: suggestions on how to get the most from your computer; guidance on form and style to make your letters, memos, and faxes look great; tips for using e-mail to its best advantage; advice on security and protecting private business information; hints to improve your voice-mail messages; ideas to help you get words on paper; and much more!

About the Author

Ann Poe is a noted author and editor who specializing in needle arts. Her clients have included Reader's Digest, Bantam Books, and Simon & Schuster.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (July 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070505179
• ISBN-13: 978-0070505179
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,528,241 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Takes the pain and suffering out of business letter writing, September 21, 1998

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This review is from: The McGraw-Hill Handbook of More Business Letters (Paperback)

This is a terrific reference book for anyone who's ever sat hunched over trying to write what should be a simple business letter-you know, writing, crossing out, rewriting, etc. The guidelines and tips at the beginning are very useful-I found lots of information I didn't know I needed. The sample letters can be used as they are, or modified to suit a particular need. The book is so well written and organized that there's no flipping around looking for a subject. The pages are designed nicely-very reader friendly!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book makes everyday correspondence easy, November 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The McGraw-Hill Handbook of More Business Letters (Paperback)

The Handbook of More Business Letters is an inspirational source for every letter you have to write. While focusing on business, it is also a useful reference in the home library. It covers everything from complaint letters to condolence letters. The book is well organized and easy to adapt to contemporary, real life situations. It makes a great gift for the business people in your life.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I SENT THIS ONE BACK-, June 27, 2001

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Emily VanDerworp (Orlando, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The McGraw-Hill Handbook of More Business Letters (Paperback)

I ordered The McGraw-Hill Handbook in hopes that this was finally the book that would be approprite for the business professional. This book contains sample business letters that were so simple, a child could have written this book. The sample letters were on average three sentences long, which can be useful if you are informing someone of a schedule change or a quick thank you note. However,when you have much to cover in a letter or want to be absoultely clear on how to put a delicate subject the right way as to not offend someone, this book then becomes no longer useful. The author stated that the letters are based on real life scenarios which in fact is true. Anyone in a business atmosphere will need to write letters that thank the client for some reason or request a meeting with someone regarding business. However, the examples that she uses are targeted so precisily to the type of business that she made up that if anyone trying to use their own business in the letter, would no longer have an example to go by. This book was extremely disappointing. So dissapointing in fact that I will never buy another book from this author again.