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Online Style Guide: Terms, Usage, and Tips [Spiral-bound]

Karen Pavlicin (Author), Christy Lyon (Author)
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Book Description

August 1, 1998 0965748332 978-0965748339
Overview: *Online Style Guide* is an easy-to-use guide to writing for and about the Internet. It's an essential tool for writers, editors, librarians, webmasters, teachers, students, communications professionals, and anyone who wants to learn about the language of the Internet. Content: Hundreds of online terms and acronyms are defined in nontechnical language. Lists, sidebars, and plenty of examples help you relate the information to your situation. From the serious business of writing effective Web site copy to fun (everyone's favorite) sections on emoticons and shorthand, this guide will bring you up to cyberspeed in no time. Throughout the book, the authors share great tips for writers and editors of any medium, including solutions to common grammar mistakes. Format: Tabbed dividers and an index help you find information quickly and easily. The book is wire-o bound, making it easy to keep open while you type; the book lies flat with facing pages or wraps along the spine to show one page at a time. The convenient 6" by 8-1/2" size fits easily on your desk or shelf, or in a briefcase.

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I wish everyone would read this incisive book before publishing anything on or about the Web. It has everything from the latest Internet terminology to the best style for getting your point across. -- Carol Foltz, Software Engineer, Netscape Communications

It's user friendly, easy to understand, and has answers I can't find anywhere else. Thanks for making my life easier. -- Ruth Lister Brown, Director Communications and Marketing, American Camping Association

Technology is changing our language, making an online style guide an essential tool for writers and editors. These two techno-savvy media professionals have tackled technology's editing challenges and created a strong resource. -- Becky Waller, Electronic Media Editor, MSP Communications

From the Back Cover

Is it Web site or website? online or on-line? What does BFN stand for? Are Web site titles italicized like book titles? *Online Style Guide: Terms, Usage, and Tips* answers your questions about spelling, capitalization, and proper usage of online terms and acronyms. Learn to: -write effective Web site copy -edit and proof Internet-related copy -use file extensions appropriately -write about e-mail lists, newsgroups, and real-time chat -cite electronic documents correctly -solve common grammar mistakes.

Product Details

  • Spiral-bound: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Elva Resa Pub (August 1, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0965748332
  • ISBN-13: 978-0965748339
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,621,526 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Karen Pavlicin is an award-winning writer known for her practicality, inspirational insight, and sense of humor. An accomplished business leader, hall of fame athlete, and singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after keynote speaker on a variety of topics.

Karen's challenging yet positive experiences during her Marine husband's many deployments, and her volunteer work with military families, inspired her to write Surviving Deployment: A Guide for Military Families and lead military family workshops. She wrote Life After Deployment: Military Families Share Reunion Stories and Advice to help with the many challenges military families face during their reunions. Her poem "Love Letters" in Military Life: Stories and Poems for Children was inspired by her son's love note on the pantry door and the more than 800 handwritten letters she exchanged with her husband during his deployments. Karen regularly consults with family organizations, counselors, and schools to support military families.

Karen's personal experience raising her young son following the death of her husband, as well as her wonderful childhood memories at her Grandma's house inspired her multiple-award-winning children's novel Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow's Nest.

Karen created the Circle of Catholic Women journal series in response to the desire of women in her church community to reflect on their faith in their daily lives and share their faith journey with other women.

Karen's independent record label, Andermax Records, donates 100% of the profits from her music CD, Little Bit of Faith, to cancer research.

She loves photography, a colorful sky, and the challenge and blessings of her new blended family life in Minnesota.



 

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Relevant and useful, December 10, 2001
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This review is from: Online Style Guide: Terms, Usage, and Tips (Spiral-bound)
I admit that because of the publication date being a couple years old, I was skeptical that this reference book would help me. I thought it might be outdated with all the changes in the Internet. While there are some terms that are new since this book was published, and some of the "names" of software or companies have changed, I found the book to still be very useful and surprisingly current. It has helped my editorial team stay consistent with terminology and usage. The grammar section is awesome--great tips that I have shared with our writers! The emoticons are fun. And the netiquette and style sections gave me lots of ideas for our company style guide. I especially appreciate the layout of the book--the tabs make it really easy to find what I need and it lays flat next to the computer--something the others don't. Minor points, maybe. But overall, I rate this a good buy compared to similar books on the market that I've used.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Grammar and Word Choice Section, September 12, 2003
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This review is from: Online Style Guide: Terms, Usage, and Tips (Spiral-bound)
I use the Grammar and Word Choice section of this book all the time. It has very easy definitions and examples of parts of speech and punctuation. There is a list of commonly misspelled words (properly spelled for you) and the appropriate usage of common confusing words (when to use affect vs effect, anticipate vs expect, discrete vs discreet, and so on). There is also a series of lists of correct abbreviations, for example, academic degrees, professional titles, latin abbreviations, and mailing and state abbreviations.

I point out this section because it may not be evident that there would be such an excellent resource inside an online style guide. But this grammar section is so easy to reference and has very simple examples -- I use it ALL the time! I recommend you buy this book even if all you need it for is common day-to-day writing do's and don'ts.

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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Answered lots of 'Net questions my other stylebooks ignore, December 7, 1998
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This review is from: Online Style Guide: Terms, Usage, and Tips (Spiral-bound)
Managing Editor. Find myself reaching for this handy resource daily. Confusing words section (continual/continuous) is a lifesaver. Documentation section helped me meet deadline last week (answered vexing question of how to properly reference a Web site). Emoticons & online shorthand section is a nice surprise. Now I can decipher all those BFN (bye for now) and ;) (wink - light sarcasm). Fun... I've used some of these to get credibility with some of the "techies" I work with.

Overall, Online Style Guide is a winner. Clear, concise writing, conveniently presented (love the section tabs and lay-flat binding). Ordered one for both assistant editors.

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