Over 900 pages long, this is not the sort of book you can slip in a book bag and take along with you, but it is an essential part of a writer's reference library. This is a book for writers, editors, and publishers. For writers curious about what the editing and publishing process is like, or who would like to better prepare their manuscripts for pre-publication, The Chicago Manual of Style is an excellent source. Everything from book design, proper punctuation and grammar, citing electronic sources--truly, an extensive list that I can't begin to cover here--is all addressed in this definitive guide to the writing world.

Published by the University of Chicago Press, the list of authors and editors is extensive. A panel of professional editors, publishers, writers, indexers, and many others experts collaborated to ensure this is as complete as possible.

Directly from the jacket: "Clear, concise, and replete with commonsense advice, The Chicago Manual of Style, fifteenth edition, offers the wisdom of a hundred years of editorial practice while including a wealth of new topics and updated perspectives. If you work with words, whether on paper or on a computer screen, The Chicago Manual of Style continues to be the one reference book you simply must have."

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