Technical Editing

Rude (Texas Tech U.) has written a text for undergraduates and others who have some knowledge of technical communication. The third edition brings the text up to date with developments in electronic editing (by David Dayton, Southern Polytechnic State U.), including new information of XML and cascading style sheets and a new chapter (by Bruce Maylath, U. of Wisconsin-Stout) on editing for global contexts. The text begins with copyediting and moves upward to working with writers, legal and ethical issues of publication, and methods of production and management. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)