Books Recommended by GPPA Members

 

Title: Error-Free Writing - A Lifetime Guide to Flawless Business Writing
Author: Robin A. Cormier
Publisher: Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1995
ISBN: 0-13-303587-5 (Hard Cover) 0-13-303595-6
Comment: Many tips for finding errors, approaches to editing, lists of compound words and abbreviations.
Title: The Essential Feature - Writing for Magazines and Newspapers
Author: Vicky Hay
Publisher: Columbia University Press, New York, 1990
ISBN: 0-231-06886-7
Comment: Covers the ABCs of researching, organizing, writing and marketing articles. Used a text for college-level course on magazine writing.
Title: The Internet Writer's Handbook
Author: Martha C. Sammons, Wright State University
Publisher: Allyn and Bacon, Boston, 1999
ISBN: 0-205-28784-0
Comment: For novice and experienced Web writers, includes many tips for developing effective Web copy.
Title: The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage
Author: Allan M. Siegal and William G. Connolly
Publisher: Times Books, Random House, 1999
ISBN: 008129-6388-1
Comment: An extremely helpful and easy to use guide to proper punctuation, abbreviations and word usage.
Title: The Public Relations Writer's Handbook
Author: Merry Aronson, Don Spencer
Publisher: Lexington Books, New York, 1993
ISBN: 0-02-901052-7
Comment: A primer for public relations writing including press releases, biographies, speeches, backgrounders, media announcements, etc.



 

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