by the staff of Scriptorium Publishing

ISBN: 978-0-9704733-9-4 (9780970473394)

Second edition

220 pages (6 x 9 in. paperback book)

$17.95

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Your guide to modern technical communication

These white papers, also available at scriptorium.com, introduce you to critical tools and technologies, including:

• Structured authoring
• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) and the DITA Open Toolkit
• User-generated content (blogs, wikis, and forums)

The Compass provides essential information about the direction of technical publishing today.

NOTE: The Compass is a compilation of white papers that are also available free on our web site. The book does not contain different or updated content.

Sample pages

Table of contents (PDF, 80 KB)

Buying The Compass

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• kalahari.net

You can also special order a copy at your local bookstore. The cover price is $17.95 (USD), but some online sellers are offering the book at a discount.

Purchasing for resale

Bookstores can purchase The Compass for resale from Ingram Book Company, Baker & Taylor, and NACSCORP.