The Oxford Guide To Style

by Robert M. Ritter

A completely rewritten edition of Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers , which is currently in its revised thirty-ninth edition, The Oxford Guide to Style has been expanded to encompass modern issues in preparing copy for publication. Hart's Rules is a classic text in printing and
publishing houses, and this successor to it is sure to become a classic also. It consists of 16 topic-based chapters giving advice on how to present the written word. It incorporates the most recent changes in citing electronic media, and details on submission of material for publication
electronically. The text is full of explanations, examples, and lists on, for example, mathematical symbols, abbreviations and capitalization, and there is exhaustive information for editors on foreign languages and how to present them on the page. There is also advice on how to treat quotations,
notes and references, specialist subjects, and indexing.

As well as giving advice on the traditional skills needed in the preparation of copy and proofs, there is further information for editors on issues such as copyright laws and legal references. This really is the ultimate guide for all printers, book, magazine, and Internet publishers on the
preparation and presentation of the written word.

Genres: Reference

634 pages, Hardcover

Published April 4, 2002

Reviews

[Heidi Schulz]

A must.

[Nick Angiers · Rating 4 out of 5]

At 600 pages of dense text, this was a bit of a heavy read, but I learned a lot about OUP style and how it differs from Canadian, Chicago, etc. Definitely a page-turner.