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This article is from the misc.writing Recommended Reading List FAQ, by Terry L Jeffress jeffress@xmission.com with numerous contributions by
others.
1.2 What is the format of the entries? (misc.writing Recommended Reading List)
In general, I use a bibliographic format for the list entries.
Where possible, I have included some information that is not
generally found in bibliographies -- ISBN, binding, price -- but
is useful if you are trying to find or buy the listed work.
In association with Amazon.com, you can purchase books directly
from the HTML version of the list by clicking on the books' ISBNs.
The prices listed are in US dollars unless otherwise noted. (These
are the list prices, you will often pay 20-30% less through
Amazon.com.)
The general entry format looks like this:
Author, First Name. "Title of Author's Book." Nth ed.
City: Publisher, Year. ISBN 0-000-00000-0, binding, pages,
price.
An example from the list:
Curtis, Richard. "How to be Your Own Literary Agent."
Revised and expanded ed. Boston: Hougised and expanded ed.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. ISBN 0-395-71819-8, trade
paperback, 257 pp., $13.95.
Book entries include their binding method and size:
- Hardcover -- standard hardcover (usually 6 x 9 inches)
- Hardcover (10 x 12 inches) -- odd sized hardcover editions
- Paperback -- the mass-market paperback edition
- Trade paperback -- standard size (6 x 9 inches) paperback
edition
- Paperback (8 x 11 inches) -- odd sized paperback
- Softcover -- paperback of unknown size
Magazine entries are followed by ISSN, the last known mailing
address, and subscription rates.
One or more reviews follows each entry's bibliographic
information. When the author of the review is known, I have listed
the author's name and e-mail address following the review. (At the
author's request, I will withhold either the e-mail address, or
name, or both.)
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