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The Only Business Writing Book You'll Ever Need Kindle Edition
A must-have guide for writing at work, with practical applications for getting your point across quickly, coherently, and efficiently.
A winning combination of how-to guide and reference work, The Only Business Writing Book You’ll Ever Need addresses a wide-ranging spectrum of business communication with its straightforward seven-step method. These easy-to-follow steps save you time from start to finish, and helpful checklists will boost your confidence as they keep you on track. You’ll learn to promote yourself and your ideas clearly and concisely—whether putting together a persuasive project proposal or dealing with daily email.
Laura Brown’s supportive, no-nonsense approach to business writing is thoughtfully adapted to the increasingly digital corporate landscape. She provides practical tips and comprehensive examples for all the most popular forms of communication, including slide presentations, résumés, cover letters, web copy, and a thorough guide to the art of crafting e-mails and instant messages. Insightful sidebars from experts in various fields demystify the skills of self-editing, creating content, and overcoming writer’s block, and Brown’s reference-ready resources on style, punctuation, and grammar will keep your writing error-free.
Nuanced, personable, and of-the-moment, The Only Business Writing Book You’ll Ever Need offers essential tools for success in the rapidly changing world of business communication.
- ISBN-13978-0393635331
- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication dateJanuary 29, 2019
- LanguageEnglish
- File size2.9 MB
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- ASIN : B07DPX15RC
- Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
- Accessibility : Learn more
- Publication date : January 29, 2019
- Language : English
- File size : 2.9 MB
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 264 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-0393635331
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #799,215 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #178 in Business Writing Skills (Kindle Store)
- #213 in Words & Language Reference
- #287 in Words, Language & Grammar Reference
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Laura Brown, PhD, has taught writing to just about everyone―from corporate executives to high school students. Her expertise encompasses instructor-led training, individual coaching, classroom teaching, and e-learning development. She has more than twenty-five years’ experience providing training and coaching in business writing, and she has also taught composition and literature at Columbia University. She lives in New York.
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Customers find the book provides good guidance on writing, with one review noting how it demystifies business writing. Moreover, the information quality receives positive feedback, with one customer highlighting the useful 7-step checklist and another mentioning the many business examples provided. Additionally, the writing tips are well-received, with one customer noting they work for all levels of writers.
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Customers appreciate the book's writing guidance, with one noting how it demystifies business writing and another highlighting its focus on real-world challenges.
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- Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2020Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThis is indeed the "The Onky Business Writing Book You'll Ever Need".
The author, Laura Brown, writes in a concise, clear and right to the point; cutting all unnecessary and redundant words.
The book includes a straightforward seven-step method you can use as a checklist to improve your your writing. There are also tons of examples to explain and support the theories underlying the seven-step.
And what's really interesting is the fact that the book addresses real writing challenges raised by real people following a survey.
I've read a least a dozen of writing book. This one is the best.
I enjoyed it.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2019Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseI love how this book demystifies business writing. If you ever thought that clear, persuasive writing was an elusive talent and not a skill you can learn, this book shows that it just isn't so. The author has broken down the mysteries of being your own best editor into a very useful 7-step checklist that I think works for all levels of writers, from novice to more experienced. If you write anything for work, this book is a great resource.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2022Format: KindleVerified PurchaseMany useful business examples, tips, and grammatical explanations; it’s a good playbook for professional writing. Supplement with other books to learn how to think like a writer.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2019Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseI met Laura Brown when we were undergrads. Over the years, she has encouraged me to write and given me feedback on my writing. Reading her recently released book on business writing, I feel as though she’s talking to me in a small training room or on an audiobook. She coaches me/the reader through a flawed writing sample and an edited version. She explains the problems, how to fix them and why it matters.
Laura’s book is useful whether or not you are comfortable writing AND whether or not you’re in business. I think it’s valuable for anyone who writes for an audience of any kind. I have incorporated several tips since I started reading her book.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2019Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseRelevant, informative and practical are the first words that come to mind to describe this book. Whether writing for personal or business reasons, most everybody can benefit from this book. Simple to read and organized logically, this book should be kept accessible by frequent writers to help organize new writings and/or reference it when they have questions about grammar, prepositional phrases, punctuation, etc.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2023Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseThis book is very well organized. It includes very good tips for business writing in an easy and clearly way.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2021Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseThis book helped me so much. I never knew how to write and now I do!
- Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2024Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseIt’s a good guide how to write better.
































