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Subject:Top ten books to own From:Robert Ward <CL0087P -at- PEGASUS -dot- HUD -dot- AC -dot- UK> Date:Wed, 1 Feb 1995 10:33:58 +0000
Kimberley Lackey writes:
> ... I am interested in discovering what other technical writers
> feel are the top ten books that every technical writer should either
> own or have read.
I would definitely include: "Designing Instructional Text (3rd ed)
by James Hartley (1994). Kogan Page, London, ISBN 0 7494 1037 X
and Nichols Publishing East Brunswick NJ, ISBN 0 89397 399 8
I like the way this covers psychological and other issues involved
in text design - helps you to make informed decisions about
documentation options.
