On My Bookshelf

My bookshelf continues to collect books, from software manuals to career guides to stylebooks. These are in alphabetical order, and I've placed an asterisk next to those books that I reference often.

A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by H.W. Fowler

Content Critical by Gerry McGovern and Rob Norton

Copyediting & Proofreading For Dummies (for Dummies series)

Designing Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen

*Developing Online Content by Irene Hammerich and Claire Harrison

Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory published by Penguin

Editors on Editing, Edited by Gerald Gross

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss

*Effective Onscreen Editing: New Tools for an Old Profession�by Geoff Hart. It's available in PDF from his Web site, and will be made available in print, too.

English: history, diversity and change by David Graddol, Dick Leith and Joan Swann

*High Definition: An A to Z Guide to Personal Technology by the editors of American Heritage Dictionaries

*HTML for the World Wide Web, 4th Edition by Elizabeth Castro

HTML in 10 Simple Steps or Less by Robert Fuller

Making Word Work for You: An Editor's Intro to the Tools of the Trade by Hilary Powers and the Editorial Freelancers Association

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition

Microsoft Office Word 2003 Step-by-Step published by Microsoft Press

*Microsoft Word 2003 Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks by Jinger Simon

*Microsoft Word for Windows 2003 by Maria Langer

Substance & Style: Instruction and Practice in Copyediting by Mary Stoughton

Technical Editing, 3rd Edition by Carolyn D. Rude

The Anti 9-to-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube by Michelle Goodman

The Associated Press Guide to News Writing: The Resource for Professional Journalists by Rene J. Cappon

*The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law published by Associated Press (new edition published July 2007)

*The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition (now available on CD-ROM)

*The Copyeditor's Handbook by Amy Einsohn

The Elements of Editing: A Modern Guide for Editors and Journalists by Arthur Plotnik

The Elements of Style by Willliam Strunk Jr. and E.B. White

The Forest for the Trees by Betsy Lerner

*The Gregg Reference Manual, 9th Edition by William A. Sabin

The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture by John Battelle

The Web Content Style Guide by Gerry McGovern, Rob Norton and Catherin O'Dowd

*The Web Writer's Guide: Tips and Tools by Darlene Maciuba-Koppel

Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age by Constance Hale and Jessie Scanlon

Words Into Type, 3rd Edition published by Prentice Hall

Write Right! by Jan Venolia

*Your Own Words by Barbara Wallraff

On my radar, but not yet on my bookshelf:

The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself by Susan Bell. August 2007.

Advanced Microsoft Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out by Stephanie Krieger