Re: If you wanted to get one technical communication book, what would it be?

[Lois Patterson <loisrpatterson -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Thanks for all the suggestions so far. This one looks so authoritative. Any
recommendations for it?

http://www.amazon.ca/Developing-Quality-Technical-Information-Handbook/dp/0133118975/

Lois

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
wrote:

> Compared with PDF, Kindle is horrible for any large reference work. I
> have a 1200-page Kindle-format reference on my phone and, while it
> gets the job done, search is painfully slow. Searching a PDF on my
> phone is maybe 50 times faster.
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Kate Schneider
> <kateschneider42 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > If you buy it for Kindle, you can read it on your desktop using Amazon
> Cloud
> > Reader. His allows for easy searching, too. Plus, you can keep the Kindle
> > copy on your phone for on-the-go style questions. Impress your friends!
> :)
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