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The SfEP review of books
Here you will find all the reviews that have appeared in the SfEP magazine Editing Matters from January 2007 – and many more we didn't have room for. The reviews appearing in the latest issue of Editing Matters will always find their way into this section within two months.
The reviewers – all members of the SfEP – have many years of editorial experience under their collective belt plus, in many cases, specialist knowledge.
Latest reviews
The Web Content Style Guide: The essential reference for online writers, editors and managers by Gerry McGovern, Rob Norton and Catherine O'Dowd (Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2001)
Reviewed by Margaret Hunter: 'The second chapter … seemed a bit weaker … but this book is about writing for the web, so I forgave that. But it all went downhill from there.'
Sentence Style Problems by David McMurrey (available online)
Reviewed by Anna Sharman: 'The author offers defence against "weapons of mass verbiage", such as wordiness, pompous word choice and overly long sentences.'
Previously reviewed books
SfEP guides
A growing series of practical booklets that focus on copy-editing, proofreading and related fields and on how to make a living from them.
