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The Reading & Literacy category provides information about local reading and literacy efforts and educational resources about literacy.
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The Books category provides information about book releases and reviews.
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Washington Independent Writer (WIW) Monthly Pubspeaks (0)
Ginny Redish’s New Book Reviewed in “Communicator’s eNEWS” (0)

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STC member, Sarah Horton, wrote about accessibility and the Web in her book “Access by Design”. There is an excellent book review on the SAP Design Guild site at
http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/book_people/review_acc_design.asp.
The review is a thorough discussion of the book and the whole reason for the book. It might even inspire you when you think about writing a [...]

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The Chapter Members’ Publications list on the main site has been updated with the following:

Author
Publication

Renee Barnow
Action Based Communication: Changing Experience through Language
AuthorHouse, Inc. (December 2007).

Steven C. Oppenheimer
Patent Careers for Technical Writers, Engineers, Scientists, and Medical Professionals
Oppenheimer Communications (January 2008).

Steven C. Oppenheimer
Spying On The College Of Your Choice is a guide book [...]

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STC Scientific Communication SIG member, Dr. Peter Aitken, sent the following book announcement:
Hello,
We are pleased to announce the publication of
Microsoft Word for Medical and Technical Writers
by Peter G. Aitken, PhD and Maxine M. Okazaki, PhD
As a technical writer, you probably use Microsoft Word to create long, complex documents such as software documentation, engineering specifications, and [...]

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Janice (Ginny) Redish, a member of the Washington DC Chapter, has a new book out called “Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works”, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2007, 380 pp., $49.95 (plus s&h; http://www.mkp.com or through http://www.redish.net). The “Communicator’s eNEWS”, Issue 78, September 2007, says that “This is a great guide for a [...]

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