Comments on HelpScribe Technical Writing: Technical writing books everyone should own

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! @Alan: I...

2009-11-17T06:40:00.145-05:00

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone!

@Alan: I've updated the link so that it points to the 3rd edition. Thanks for the update!

@davkow: Great, thanks very much for sharing the URL for your Intercom article!

I wrote an article in the Sept/Oct 2009 issue of I...

2009-11-16T12:28:13.286-05:00

I wrote an article in the Sept/Oct 2009 issue of Intercom ("Foundation Books: A Lone Writer's Annotated List") on this same topic. http://bit.ly/1ejFMN

Craig, thanks for including Technical Writing 1...

2009-11-16T07:46:17.483-05:00
Craig, thanks for including Technical Writing 101 in your list.

We released the third edition a few months ago, and it's available as a printed book and as a PDF download. The third edition includes new information about DITA and Web 2.0 technologies.

If you document non-Windows OSes, I'd recommen...

2009-11-15T18:28:54.273-05:00
If you document non-Windows OSes, I'd recommend Read Me First, the Sun Style Guide. It is complementary to MMoS, but one or the other might be better for particular OSes.

So true! If they had a book for that, I'd defi...

2009-11-15T09:30:39.552-05:00
So true! If they had a book for that, I'd definitely be the first in line.

Thanks for commenting!

P.S. I checked out your blog. You have some great content! I'll be sure to mention it to my readers.

I have all the books, I have the BA in Communicati...

2009-11-14T20:57:44.156-05:00
I have all the books, I have the BA in Communication, I've taken seminars, and I have 10+ years of experience--but I still have to deal with people (non writers) who think they know more about documentation that I do. There are no books for that. :-(