Practical Strategies for Technical Communication

by Mike Markel, Stuart Selber

This brief version of Mike Markel's bestselling Technical Communication gives students clear advice and practical strategies for writing and designing all the major types of documents they will encounter in their professional lives. Retaining Markel's trademark student-friendly tone, the book offers concise yet thorough coverage of audience and purpose, research, style, and document design, user-friendly features to guide students in the writing process, and a wealth of annotated examples and sample documents to serve as models. Integrated coverage of social media and new technologies gives students the most up-to-date advice about technology in the context of specific tasks and documents. The print text is now integrated with e-Pages for Practical Strategies for Technical Communication, designed to take advantage of what the Web can do.

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

First published February 26, 2012

About the author

I am the author of eight books in the Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery series: Big Sick Heart, Deviations, The Broken Saint, Three-Ways, Fractures, The Reveal, Players, and Swerve. For more information, please visit my site: http://mikemarkel.com.

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Reviews

[Lauryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like the "Tech Tips" sections in this book, which show students how to format documents and create graphics in MS Word, which, unfortunately, is the only tool available to them on our classroom computers.

[Katie J Schwartz · Rating 3 out of 5]

A tiny bit outdated, but still useful. I actually paid the extra fee to keep this one instead of returning it to textbook rental.

Three Stars: Not bad, but not fantastic either. I'll still recommend it, if I think that person might like it more than me.

[Nate E. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this textbook was excellent, the format and layout are very easy to follow. I have referred back to this particular book several times since the completion of the course I was using it for.