The world is divided into two types of people: those who wince when they see the words Canadian geese in print, and those who don't. If you are the former, or if you are the latter working for the former, the The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual provides invaluable assistance when you need to get your Canada geese all in a row. Countless newspapers and other publications base their style guides on this manual. The entries are arranged alphabetically and include issues of spelling, punctuation (there is no period in Dr Pepper), grammar, abbreviation, capitalization (Popsicle and Dumpster are, tollhouse cookies aren't), hyphenation (none, surprisingly, in ball point pen), and frequently misused words. There are also longer discussions of things such as Arabic names, chess notation, weather terms, and religious movements. Plus you'll find separate sections on sports writing, business writing, libel, and copyright.


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Book Description
Fully revised and updated, the essential handbook for all writers, editors, students, and public relations specialists. More people write for the Associated Press than for any newspaper in the world, and writers have bought more copies of The AP Stylebook than of any other journalism reference. With this essential guide in hand, any writer can learn to communicate with the clarity and professionalism for which the Associated Press is famous. Fully revised and updated, this edition contains over 5,000 A to Z entries--including more than 50 new ones--laying out the AP's rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviation, and word and numeral usage. Comprehensive and easy to use, The AP Stylebook provides the facts and references necessary to write accurately about the world today: correct names of countries and organizations, Internet language and search techniques, language to avoid, common trademarks, and the unique guidelines for business and sports reporting. The final word on media law, The AP Stylebook also includes an invaluable section dedicated to crucial advice on how writers can guard against libel and copyright infringement. The veritable "journalist's bible," this is the one reference that working writers cannot afford to be without. With more than 50 new entries plus updates of more than 100 others, The AP Stylebook includes such features as: * An A to Z listing of guides to capitalization, abbreviation, spelling, numerals, and usage * Internet guidelines * Sports guidelines and style * Business guidelines and style * A guide to punctuation * Supreme Court decisions regarding libel law * Summary of First Amendment rules * The right of privacy * Copyright guidelines * Proofreaders' marks


Book Info
Defines clear news writing and contains more than 5,000 entries laying out AP's rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage. Gives journalists the references needed to write about the world today. Also includes advice on how writers can guard against libel and copyright infringement. Softcover.


About the Author
Distributed by satellite and the Internet to more than 120 nations, AP services daily reach more than one billion people. With headquarters in New York City, the AP has 241 bureaus worldwide and more than 3,500 employees.

FROM OUR EDITORS

More people write for The Associated Press than for any single news source in the world, and the AP's style defines clear newspaper writing. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STYLEBOOK is therefore "the journalist's bible," an essential handbook for all writers, editors, and students. More than 5,000 entries clearly present the AP's rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation and usage, with extra section about reporting business and sports. An up-to-date ASSOCIATED PRESS STYLEBOOK belongs on the desk of every writer. This edition contains the knowledge all journalists need in order to write about the world today: the correct names of countries and organizations, offensive language to avoid, when to use brand names. It includes crucial advice on how writers can guard against libel and provides a guide to copyright regulations. This edition has also been bound to lie flat for easy, hands-free reference.

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Incl. copyright guidelines/Freedom of Information Act/photo captions/filing practices/proofreaders' marks/etc.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The style of the Associated Press is the gold standard of news writing. With The AP Stylebook in hand, you can learn to write with the clarity and professionalism for which the Associated Press is famous. Fully revised and updated, this new edition contains more than 3,000 A to Z entries -- including more than 50 new ones -- detailing the AP's rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviation and word and numeral usage.

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