Recommended Reading
Many books have been coming out in the past
few years on web writing and content-related subjects.
These are some that I'm currently reading, and recommend (I'm not including
advertising and marketing writing, as I feel that's a separate subject).
Please send me any titles you'd like me to review.
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"The
Web Writer's Guide: Tips & Tools" —
Darlene Maciuba-Koppel. 2002. Focal Press.
"Writing
for the Web: A Practical Guide" —Cynthia L. Jeney.2006.
Prentice Hall.
"Hot
Text: Web Writing that Works" — Jonathan
Price and Lisa Price. 2002. New Riders.
"Research-Based
Web Design & Usability Guidelines"
The guide is a first: all guidelines are based on empiric
research, and illustrated with defining sites. A fabulous and unique
resource.
Order
2006 edition
"Letting
Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works" — Janice
(Ginny) Redish2002. Interactive Technologies.
"Writing
for the Web" — Crawford
Kilian. 2007. Self-Counsel Writing Series.
"Developing
Online Content: The Principles of Writing and Editing for the
Web" — Irene
Hammerich and Claire Harrison.2001.Wiley.
Books on usability,
information architecture,
and navigation, often
have information that directly
relates to us as writers
and editors for the web.
Check these titles, which
I think are excellent, despite some of the older dates.
"Information
Architecture: Blueprints for
the Web" — Christina
Wodtke. New Riders
Publishing, October 2002
"Designing
Web Usability: The Practice
of Simplicity" — Jakob
Nielsen, New Riders Publishing,
Indianapolis. 1999.
"Information
Architecture for the World
Wide Web" (the "Polar Bear book")— Louis
Rosenfeld & Peter Morville.
O'Reilly Media, Inc.Second
edition: 2002.
"Don't
Make Me Think" — Steve
Krug. Que Books.Second edition:2002.
"Homepage
Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed" — by
Jakob Nielsen, Marie Tahir,
New Riders Publishing, Indianapolis.
1999.
"Web
Navigation: Designing the
User Experience" —Jennifer
Fleming. O'Reilly Media, Inc.
1998. An oldie but still goody.
Jennifer writes easily and
well, and brings clarity to
this good, basic guide.
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