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Re: If you wanted to get one technical communication book, what would it be?
Subject:Re: If you wanted to get one technical communication book, what would it be? From:John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com> Date:Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:48:42 -0400
I have several that I've collected and used over the years, and these
aren't new, but I have known all of the authors personally. I don't which
if any are still available, but I found all of them useful:
Starting a Documentation Group by Peter Hartman 1999 ISBN: 0-967417B-0-2
Writing for the Computer Industry by Kristin Woolever and Helen Loeb 1994
ISBN: 0-13-971227-5
Designing and Writing Online Documentation by William Horton 1990 ISBN:
0-471-50772-5
Writing Better Computer User Documentation by R. John Brockmann 1990 ISBN:
0-471-62260-5
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