XML Press

Every Page is Page One

Richard L Hamilton — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:05:26 +0000

XML Press will be publishing Mark Baker’s new book, Every Page is Page One: Topic-based Writing for Technical Communication and the Web in the fall of 2013.

On the Internet there are countless paths, but no starting place. In that environment, every page is page one, and every search yields a new page one. We [...]

Expanded eBook Distribution

Richard Hamilton — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:22:48 +0000

XML Press has expanded eBook distribution through O’Reilly Media. Our expanded distribution includes distribution directly through the O’Reilly eBookstore as well as distribution through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, Google, Kobo, Safari books, Scribd, and many more.

The books are rolling out over the next week, so if you don’t see a title in your [...]

XML Press Authors at Content Agility 2013

Richard Hamilton — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:56:21 +0000

Four XML Press authors are scheduled to speak at Content Agility 2013, which is being held in Gatwick (London), England, June 26-27:

Rahel Bailie and Noz Urbina, authors of Content Strategy: Connecting the dots between business, brand, and benefits. Sharon Burton, author of 8 Steps to Amazing Webinars. Eliot Kimber, author of DITA for Practitioners [...]

Content Strategy: Connecting the dots between business, brand, and benefits

Richard Hamilton — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:29:37 +0000

Rahel Anne Bailie and Noz Urbina’s new book, Content Strategy: Connecting the dots between business, brand, and benefits, is now available through book retailers worldwide, including Amazon.com and, in the US, BarnesandNoble.com. Published by XML Press, Content Strategy is now available in print and will be available in eBook format by mid-January.

If [...]

Content Strategy: Connecting the dots between business, brand, and benefits

Richard Hamilton — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:18:03 +0000

An excerpt from Rahel Anne Bailie and Noz Urbina’s forthcoming book, Content Strategy: Connecting the dots between business, brand, and benefits” is available at Firehead.net.

If you’ve been asked to get funding for a content strategy initiative and need to build a compelling case, if you’ve been approached by your staff to implement a content [...]

STC Webinar: Choosing an XML Standard: The Case for DocBook

Richard Hamilton — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:14:30 +0000

Next Thursday, November 1, I will be presenting a live Society for Technical Communication (STC) webinar titled, Choosing an XML Standard: The Case for DocBook.

Selecting an XML standard can be confusing and frustrating. It can be difficult to separate the hype from the substance as you look at various options. This webinar makes the [...]

XML Press at LavaCon and Content Strategy Workshops

Richard Hamilton — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:56:13 +0000

XML Press and several XML Press authors will be at LavaCon (October 6-9) and Content Strategy Workshops (October 9 – 10). The two events are co-located at the Hilton in Portland, Oregon.

XML Press will be running a bookstore at the conference offering a selection of books from LavaCon speakers and XML Press authors.

XML [...]

Second Edition of Conversation and Community

Richard Hamilton — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:59:28 +0000

The second edition of Anne Gentle’s Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation is now generally available.

The second edition contains new chapters on building a content strategy, analyzing web techniques, and developing an open source strategy. Along with a greatly expanded bibliography and updates throughout, there are more interviews and more case studies.

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Guest Post: Review of The Insider’s Guide to Technical Writing

angelhuang — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:56:16 +0000

Whether you’ve accidentally stumbled into this field or have purposefully selected technical writing to be your career, Krista Van Laan’s The Insider’s Guide to Technical Writing is a handy reference book to keep in your drawer.

As a beginner tech writer, I found this book (which I was given to review) supremely useful in giving [...]

Free Preview and a Chance to Win a Free Copy of Conversation and Community 2nd Edition

Richard Hamilton — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:40:41 +0000

Anne Gentle has just finished the second edition of Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation, and we expect the book to be available by the end of June.

To celebrate we are offering a free preview and are holding a drawing to give two lucky people free copies of the new [...]