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  EDline Vol. 8, no. 34   (3 April 2003)

  Editorial mailing list (digest version)
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  Contents:

         Q & A
  [2xt]  Oxford Style Manual

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         Date: Tues, 1 April 2003
         From: Iain Brown, iain@iainbrown.net

Can anyone tell me the ISBN of the new Oxford Style Manual (the
long-awaited corrected March 2003 reprint)? (Just to remind you,
the 2002 edition --- yes, the one riddled with errors --- was
entitled "Oxford Guide to Style", which is most definitely the
one I *do not* want.)

I need to buy it, but want to make sure that I get the correct
edition!


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         Date: Tues, 1 April 2003
         From: Katie Lewis, katie@farnfilm.com

Some confusion here. The Oxford Style Manual is ODWE and the
Guide to Style rolled into one. As far as I'm aware this has only
been for sale (so far anyway) through book clubs, and comprised
the uncorrected impressions of both books. I don't know whether
they have done a newer version with corrected impressions of
both.

The corrected impression of OGS is still called Oxford Guide to
Style and therefore has the same ISBN. You can identify it in a
shop by making sure it is lacking the number 1 at the end of the
reprint info (10 9 8 7 etc.) on the copyright page. Harder to
ascertain by mail order.


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         Date: Tues, 1 April 2003
         From: Jennifer Bassett, jenny@daypotts.demon.co.uk

The title has not changed. It is still The Oxford Guide to Style,
and the ISBN of the corrected reprint is 0-19-869175-0 (I have
the corrected book in front of me as I type). It is not a new
edition so I assume that the ISBN is the same as the first
impression. The imprint page shows (by the deletion of the '1' in
the line of impression numbers) that it is the second impression,
and the text on the imprint page is centred, whereas in the first
impression it was ranged left.

If ordering by post or internet, with their concomitant automatic
systems, there may be no way of ensuring that you get the
corrected, second impression. Personal inspection at a bookshop
might be the most reliable method!


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         Date: Wed, 2 April 2003
         From: Michael Fitch, michaelbfitch@supanet.com

I can confirm that both versions do have that same ISBN - I
haven't disposed of the old one yet. The quick way to tell them
apart is that the corrected one has the price $25.00 (as well as
GBP16.99) on the back of the dust jacket. But maybe it's safer to
check the impression numbers, as above.


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         Date: Wed, 2 April 2003
         From: Iain Brown, iain@iainbrown.net

Many thanks to Jenny and Katie for clearing up my confusion about
the Oxford Guide so promptly. 

The need for editors to have the 'correct' (read latest?)
editions of style manuals etc does raise again the question of
what are essential books for our profession (or is it a craft? Or
even a devotion?!). On EDline some time ago, we did compile a
list, which I don't think I have uploaded to the Website. I'll
dig it out, upload it and ask for contributions / amendments.


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