Monster.com, Beverly West, November 6, 2004
You can keep a number of excellent references handy to help you become the office Hemingway, including Business Style Handbook.


O'Dwyer's PR Daily, Fraser P. Seitel
"Today public relations writers have access to their own stylebook, the newly published Business Style Handbook."


San Antonio Express-News, Rene A. Guzman
"This book helps graduates make the transition ... to breezy business-speak, stressing the importance of brevity, accuracy and clarity."


Savannah Now, Pamela E. Walck
"Parents of college grads can present a gift that will do more than collect dust on a coffee table."


Amazon's Listmania, Laure-Madeleine
"A handy up-to-date guide for professional business correspondence, including e-mail and memos."


Sky Magazine, November 2002
An ambitious undertaking...to create the authoritative guide to correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, word usage and e-etiquette for business writing.


Writing That Works, September 2002
It has new terms, particularly business and high-tech terms, you won't find, at least without difficulty, in your standard references.


Booknews
Style guide for business writing...also reports results of a survey of Fortune 500 companies and offers guidelines for email.


National Investor Relations Institute
We like this book ... because it is filled with business-focused guidance unlike any other usage guide.


Mercury Retail, New Zealand
"An excellent read. No other book covers this topic with greater clarity and scope, presented by lively and intelligent authors."


Book Description

In the everyday work world, most professionals are on their own when it comes to writing reports, memos, proposals, and other necessary correspondence. The Business Style Handbook is a practical and comprehensive guide that focuses specifically on the writing issues that frequently arise on the job. Insights and feedback from Fortune 500 communications executives provide tips and advice on improving writing style and effectiveness, while more than 1,200 alphabetized entries cover the essentials of style and usage, grammatical concepts, and more.


Book Info
Practical and comprehensive guide that focuses specifically on the writing issues that frequently arise on the job. Tips and advice on improving writing style and effectiveness are included. Softcover.


From the Author
Dear Amazon, Recently a new reader review was posted, but it was placed after the first negative review. I am unsure why Amazon would feature a negative review (as the top review) when you are trying to SELL books. The most recent review is positive (as were all the others with the exception of the first review that you feature), yet it is not the first thing customers will read. I waited patiently for the positioning to change, but it hasn't, so I am unsure what your policy is toward reader reviews. Please clarify. Thank you. /Sincerely, Brenda Greene, co-author of The Business Style Handbook


From the Back Cover

Whether it is a letter, e-mail or memo, in business you are called on to write nearly every day. And the skill and polish of your writing style--more than any other factors--will affect how your audience receives your message and responds to it.

It's not easy to write well on the job--especially at a time when the language of business is rapidly evolving. Should you write e-business, eBusiness or E-business? Is it proper to refer to a client as senior vice president or Senior Vice President? Should long distance have a hyphen? Does résumé have two accents? And how do you handle that Web address?

The Business Style Handbook is today's most comprehensive, practical and easy-to-use guide for writing effectively on the job. This helpful reference grammar focuses on the writing issues identified as most important in the workplace by communications executives from the Fortune 500. Written in plain English, it is filled with tips and advice for improving your on-the-job writing skills. The Business Style Handbook provides more than 1,200 A-to-Z entries covering: Usage Grammar Punctuation Spelling Style

Filled with business-focused guidance plus straight-talking recommendations from top communications professionals, The Business Style Handbook will be the most valuable desktop tool you buy this year. Keep it at your side to quickly--and dramatically--improve your business writing.

Helen Cunningham and Brenda Greene each have more than 20 years' experience as business writers and editors. This includes working in the corporate world as well as in business publishing.


About the Author

Helen Cunningham is director of corporate communications at Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation.

Brenda Greene is a freelance writer and editor.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"Whether it's a quick e-mail, formal memo, or lengthy report, people in business are expected to express themselves in writing that is clear, concise and correct. And the skill and polish of your writing style - more than any other factors - will affect how your audience receives your message and responds to it." "It's not easy to write well on the job - especially at a time when the language of business is rapidly evolving. Should long distance have a hyphen? Should you write e-business, eBusiness or E-business? Is it proper to refer to a client as senior vice president or Senior Vice President? Does resume have two accents? And how do you handle that Web address?" "The Business Style handbook is today's most comprehensive, practical and easy-to-use guide for writing effectively on the job. This helpful reference grammar focuses on the writing issues identified as most important in the workplace by communications executives from the Fortune 500. Written in plain English, it is filled with tips and advice for improving your on-the-job writing skills. The Business Style Handbook provides more than 1,200 A-to-Z entries covering; usage, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and style." Filled with business-focused guidance plus straight-talking recommendations from top communications professionals, The Business Style handbook is the most valuable desktop tool you can buy this year. Keep it at your side to quickly - and dramatically - improve your business writing.

SYNOPSIS

Whether it is a letter, e-mail or memo, in business you are called on to write nearly every day. And the skill and polish of your writing style—more than any other factors—will affect how your audience receives your message and responds to it.

It's not easy to write well on the job—especially at a time when the language of business is rapidly evolving. Should you write e-business, eBusiness or E-business? Is it proper to refer to a client as senior vice president or Senior Vice President? Should long distance have a hyphen? Does résumé have two accents? And how do you handle that Web address?

The Business Style Handbook is today's most comprehensive, practical and easy-to-use guide for writing effectively on the job. This helpful reference grammar focuses on the writing issues identified as most important in the workplace by communications executives from the Fortune 500. Written in plain English, it is filled with tips and advice for improving your on-the-job writing skills. The Business Style Handbook provides more than 1,200 A-to-Z entries covering: Usage Grammar Punctuation Spelling Style

Filled with business-focused guidance plus straight-talking recommendations from top communications professionals, The Business Style Handbook will be the most valuable desktop tool you buy this year. Keep it at your side to quickly—and dramatically—improve your business writing.

Helen Cunningham and Brenda Greene each have more than 20 years' experience as business writers and editors. This includes working in the corporate world as well as in business publishing.

FROM THE CRITICS

Beverly West - Monster.com

For many of us, business writing can be a stumbling block on the road to professional success. Fortunately, you can keep a number of excellent references handy to help you become the office Hemingway. These include The Business Style Handbook.

Mercury Retail - New Zealand

An excellent read. No other book covers this topic with greater clarity and scope, presented by lively and intelligent authors of tremendous expertise.

National Investor Relations Institute

We like this book because it is the first usage guide we've found that has an entry for "investor relations." We also like it because it is filled with business-focused guidance unlike any other usage guide. Written in plain English, it covers usage, grammar, punctuation, spelling and style. Even the best writers among us will appreciate its value.

Fraser P. Seitel - O'Dwyer's PR Daily

Today public relations writers have access to their own stylebook, the newly published Business Style Handbook.What the authors did was create a 33-question survey for corporate communications departments at the Fortune 500 to gauge how major corporations approach writing.

Sky Magazine