Jakob Nielsen: Designing Web Usability : The Practice of Simplicity
Nielsen is a pioneer in this field, and always worth reading.
Steve Krug: Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Lively and readable!
Editors of EEI Press: E-What? A Guide to the Quirks of New Media Style and Usage
When you can't make up your mind about email or e-mail, this usage handbook can help.
Jonathan Price: Hot Text: Web Writing that Works
Perhaps the most exhaustive discussion on writing for the Web in its many forms.
Nick Usborne: Net Words: Creating High-Impact Online Copy
Passionately argued introduction to writing sales copy for the Web.
Mario R. Garcia: Redesigning Print for the Web
Emphasis is on adapting newspaper stories to Web sites, but the principles apply to other print media as well.
Rachel McAlpine: Web Word Wizardry A Net-Savvy Writing Guide
Lively guide to writing for the Web, with some clear technical advice as well.
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Yesterday I met with my editor at Self-Counsel Books and agreed to do new editions of my books Writing for the Web and Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy. The Web book is going to need the most revision—in the six years since the last edition, webwriting has changed beyond recognition.
So here's a question for you: What kinds of questions would you like the webwriting book to address—especially issues that have arisen in the last couple of years?
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Crawford Killian va sattaquer à une nouvelle édition de son Writing for the Web paru il y a déjà 6 ans.
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In a parallel timeline, 1990s America discovers the chronoplanes: parallel worlds at different points in history.
Rogue Emperor
The hijacking of the Roman Empire, 100 AD, by 21st-century Christian fundamentalists, in the second of the Chronoplane Wars novels.
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Eyas
Originally published in 1982, and still the novel I'm most proud of.
Hi Crawford,
Two burning issues for me:
1. How balance the need to prominently feature the keywords that will bring traffic to the site with the need to inform or sell the user once they arrive at the page.
2. How writers can best work with graphic designers, particularly when many graphic designers want to use little or no html on a web page — just large photo images.
Looking forward to the new editions!
Cheers,
Karen
Posted by:Karen Anderson | March 29, 2006 at 09:55 PM
Interesting site. I'm going to place this on my links. i particularly liked the "Ask the English Teacher" section.
Posted by:Ó Seasnáin | April 01, 2006 at 09:46 PM
I'd like to see information about how to get a paid blogging job. Is it just about continued writing your own blog and hoping someone notices?
Posted by:carolb | April 06, 2006 at 01:32 PM
Yes, please discuss graphic design. As a web content manager with no graphic skills, this is where most of my questions lie (and I see it's come up on your blog a time or two).
Also, it might be worthwhile to discuss the difference between content and presentation. With the general standardization of CSS support in browsers, the two are now completely separate, although you'd have a hard time convincing most content creators of it.
Posted by:Michael | April 19, 2006 at 05:39 PM
What's the timeframe for the new edition? I'm teaching "Writing for the Internet" again this fall.
Posted by:Dennis G. Jerz | June 20, 2006 at 04:52 PM
The third edition will probably be too late for you, Dennis, but we may be able to provide you with online materials. The book will include a CD, and at least some of those links and items should be available to you by the time classes start.
Posted by:Crawford Kilian | June 20, 2006 at 05:37 PM