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Here, I hope you will find some useful links. Listing resources can never be definitive, and their inclusion implies only that I have found them useful. I intend to update the list based on merit, but in the meantime if you think I have missed something worth including, contact me! Note that FINETEXT cannot be held responsible for the content of external sites.


Like-minded people

• A commendable campaign for English in the public domain to be free of jargon and disinformation:

Plain English Campaign


Editorial

• Society for Editors and Proofreaders: upholding editorial standards of excellence

SfEP

SfEP Code of Practice (146kb)

• The Publishing Traing Centre: centre of excellence for publishing training

PTC

Business to Business & Publishing and Communication

• Chambers of Commerce: business support; find your local chambers

British Chambers of Commerce

• British Association of Communicators in Business: in-house, freelance or agency

CiB

• The Bookseller: daily news and comment on the publishing industry

theBookseller.com


Rights and permissions

• The New York Times has a useful guide, also relevant generally for using copyright material:

New York Times FAQs


On-line writers' tools

Oxford Dictionary On-line

Roget's Thesaurus

And a very good tool from the United States:

Merriam Webster

You can download a toolbar as well - American not British English.

Guardian Style Guide

An on-line example of many guides available for general use.


Finally, just as some may feel an on-line dictionary, however good, is no substitute for the real thing, I will of course mention that no amount of on-line help or visits to the library can better the services of a bespoke editorial service!