[ATTW-L] Editing textbook

Mon Jan 20 16:26:05 UTC 2025

Hi all,

As the one who has been stewarding the Texas A&M Tech Editing class since
2016. I also want to lament the loss of the Rude/Eaton. Eaton's
contributions, particularly the exercises and documents she added towards
the end of its publication time were particularly valuable and insightful
in the evolving editing landscape. I remember seeing her posting somewhere
about the publisher's failure to renew....

Barring Eaton coming to save us with another edition (or one of you doing
it), I'll add two things:

1) I know it's expensive, but I do want to chime in to note that the major
strength of the Cunningham, Malone, and Rothschild book from Oxford is its
terrific grammar section, which contains excellent instructions and a set
of wonderful examples directly geared towards Technical Editing issues. (I
was one reviewer on the text, but otherwise have no investment in it). I do
think it's too expensive, but, if I remember correctly, the Rude/Eaton
wasn't much cheaper...

2) Given the rapidly evolving editing landscape, developing open materials
for specific assignments that work with this landscape seems valuable. If
you will pardon a bit of self-promotion, I've put together online resources
and teaching materials for a Wikipedia project that is the cornerstone of
my Technical Editing syllabus. These have been recently published in Kairos
<https://kairos.technorhetoric.net/29.1/topoi/dicaglio-et-al/>, with the
help of a few students (both undergrads who participated in the assignment
and graduate students who taught it). It also has links out to a GDrive
with teaching documents and a Canvas shell. Happy to have a convo with
anyone interested in teaching using the materials.

Sincerely,
Josh

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> Hi all,
> Thanks all for bringing up this topic. I'm a fairly new professor and will
> be teaching this course in the fall. I've been looking at options, trying
> to see/frankenstein materials to meet my needs. One of the big
> conversations that came up in the course prep and researching was the
> emerging emphasis in the editing and technical communication worlds on not
> just editing written text, but also editing audio, video, and working with
> webpages. Most of the materials don't suit this need. I do think there's a
> call and need for newer, updated materials. Like many others, I also really
> try to prioritize OER materials for my course.
>
> I'd love to contribute to a technical editing resource, as well.
>
> *Heather Listhartke, PhD*
> Assistant Professor of Writing
> Internship Coordinator
>
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> > Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:02:12 +0000
> > From: "Lettner-Rust, Heather" <lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu>
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> > Just curious, has anyone offered to help with a new edition?
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org> on behalf of Kramer-Simpson,
> > Elisabeth <Elisabeth.Kramer-Simpson at nmt.edu>
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> > Hi Folks,
> > I have a faculty member in my program who teaches editing and absolutely
> > loves Technical Editing by Rude/Eaton. Because it's out of print,
> however,
> > it is very expensive for students to purchase. We're looking for
> > suggestions on replacement texts that others have used instead, or any
> > updates on possible reissues of that textbook.
> > Thanks,
> > Beth Kramer-Simpson
> > Associate Professor of Technical Communication
> > New Mexico Tech
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> > I'd love to help with a new [updated] edition of Rude/Eaton--but didn't
> > think that doing so was an option.  Is it?
> >
> > --
> > Cynthia A. Nahrwold, PhD
> > Professor | Coordinator, M.A. Editing and Publishing Concentration
> > Department of Rhetoric and Writing
> > University of Arkansas at Little Rock
> > 501.352.0842 (c) | canahrwold at ualr.edu | ualr.edu <canahrwold at ualr.edu>
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> > On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 12:05?PM Lettner-Rust, Heather <
> > lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > Just curious, has anyone offered to help with a new edition?
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > *From:* ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org> on behalf of Kramer-Simpson,
> > > Elisabeth <Elisabeth.Kramer-Simpson at nmt.edu>
> > > *Sent:* Saturday, January 18, 2025 1:15 PM
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> > > Hi Folks,
> > > I have a faculty member in my program who teaches editing and
> absolutely
> > > loves Technical Editing by Rude/Eaton. Because it's out of print,
> > however,
> > > it is very expensive for students to purchase. We're looking for
> > > suggestions on replacement texts that others have used instead, or any
> > > updates on possible reissues of that textbook.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Beth Kramer-Simpson
> > > Associate Professor of Technical Communication
> > > New Mexico Tech
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> > --
> > Cynthia A. Nahrwold, PhD
> > Professor | Coordinator, M.A. Editing and Publishing Concentration
> > Department of Rhetoric and Writing
> > University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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> > I?d speak with editors of the book series at the WAC Clearinghouse to see
> > if they might be interested.
> >
> > Steve Bernhardt
> > Bayside DE
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 1:05?PM Lettner-Rust, Heather <
> > lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > Just curious, has anyone offered to help with a new edition?
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > *From:* ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org> on behalf of Kramer-Simpson,
> > > Elisabeth <Elisabeth.Kramer-Simpson at nmt.edu>
> > > *Sent:* Saturday, January 18, 2025 1:15 PM
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> > >
> > >
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> > > Hi Folks,
> > > I have a faculty member in my program who teaches editing and
> absolutely
> > > loves Technical Editing by Rude/Eaton. Because it's out of print,
> > however,
> > > it is very expensive for students to purchase. We're looking for
> > > suggestions on replacement texts that others have used instead, or any
> > > updates on possible reissues of that textbook.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Beth Kramer-Simpson
> > > Associate Professor of Technical Communication
> > > New Mexico Tech
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> > Message: 4
> > Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 03:32:56 +0000
> > From: "Grover, Stephen" <david.grover at park.edu>
> > To: Stephen Bernhardt <sab at udel.edu>, "Lettner-Rust, Heather"
> >         <lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu>
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> > Friends,
> >
> > Oxford UP published Technical Editing<
> >
> https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/technical-editing-9780190872670?cc=us&lang=en&
> >
> > in 2019. I have it but haven?t used it in a class?at almost 600 pages it
> is
> > too much for the undergraduate courses I teach, but it might work in a
> > graduate course.
> >
> > In my undergraduate Intro to Tech Editing course I use The Copyeditor?s
> > Handbook and Workbook<
> >
> https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-copyeditors-handbook-and-workbook/paper>
> > from UC Press and supplement it with other readings and activities
> (mostly
> > editing technical texts).
> >
> > I also wrote several short articles on editing topics not typically
> > covered in textbooks, and I published them on my OER website here:
> > http://groversenglish.com/craftofediting.php. These are free for anyone
> > to use, and I?d love to publish similar articles if any of you have stuff
> > you?d like to write (mine often stem from in-class lectures or
> discussions
> > that I?ve given repeatedly).
> >
> > Happy teaching!
> > David
> >
> > Stephen David Grover, PhD
> > Assistant Professor of English
> > Program Coordinator of First-Year Writing
> > Park University<https://www.park.edu/> | Parkville Campus | Copley 306
> > Department of English and Interdisciplinary Studies
> > 816-584-6347<tel:816-584-6347>
> > he/him
> >
> >
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> > Date: Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 8:34?PM
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> > I?d speak with editors of the book series at the WAC Clearinghouse to see
> > if they might be interested.
> >
> > Steve Bernhardt
> > Bayside DE
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 1:05?PM Lettner-Rust, Heather <
> > lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu<mailto:lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu>> wrote:
> >
> > Just curious, has anyone offered to help with a new edition?
> >
> > ________________________________
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> > behalf of Kramer-Simpson, Elisabeth <Elisabeth.Kramer-Simpson at nmt.edu
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> > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2025 1:15 PM
> > To: attw-l at attw.org<mailto:attw-l at attw.org>
> > Subject: [ATTW-L] Editing textbook
> >
> >
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> > Hi Folks,
> > I have a faculty member in my program who teaches editing and absolutely
> > loves Technical Editing by Rude/Eaton. Because it's out of print,
> however,
> > it is very expensive for students to purchase. We're looking for
> > suggestions on replacement texts that others have used instead, or any
> > updates on possible reissues of that textbook.
> > Thanks,
> > Beth Kramer-Simpson
> > Associate Professor of Technical Communication
> > New Mexico Tech
> > _______________________________________________
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> > From: "David K. Farkas" <farkas at uw.edu>
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> > Subject: [ATTW-L] I've made my technical editing course material
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> > Hello Technical Communication Folks,
> >
> > I taught a course in technical editing at the University of Washington
> from
> > 1982 to (approximately) 2000.  I have a large collection of teaching
> > materials?teaching notes, student handouts, exercises, etc. I hold the
> > copyright to most of it. I would happily contribute this material to any
> > effort to create a new (ideally, public domain) textbook.
> >
> > I also wrote a 40-page monograph, *How to Teach Technical Editing, *that
> > was published by the Society for Technical Communication in 1986. I was
> > told that it sold well for many years. Much of it can be re-written as
> > student-facing textbook material. STC holds the copyright but would, I
> > assume, transfer it to people who are creating a resource that would be
> > useful for our field.
> >
> > I have put all this material up on my Google Drive. This is the public
> > link:
> >
> >
> >
> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LLUsM4GtFvjTuNsZlnohelMsa3P4aZrT?usp=drive_link
> >
> > I hereby put all the technical editing material that I have authored and
> > placed in my Technical Editing Google Drive folder in the public domain.
> > Anyone is welcome to use and adapt it, whether for some kind of textbook
> or
> > for the use of individual instructors.
> >
> > A signed declaration of public domain status is included among the Google
> > Drive files.
> >
> > All this material will remain available in my Google Drive for the
> duration
> > of the year 2025.
> >
> > Carolyn Rude?s technical editing textbook is excellent. But I recognize
> > that it may be very desirable to make a less expensive (or no cost)
> > textbook option available to our students.
> >
> >
> >
> > -- Dave Farkas
> >
> >
> > --
> > David K. Farkas, Professor Emeritus
> > Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering
> > University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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> I contacted the publisher a year ago and was told my name and interest in
> producing a new edition would be forwarded to the appropriate people. I
> never heard back, and I moved on to other things. However, I would still
> love to do it.
>
> Laura Vernon
> Radford University
> lvernon at radford.edu<mailto:lvernon at radford.edu>
>
>
> From: ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org> On Behalf Of Cindy Nahrwold
> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2025 3:22 PM
> To: Lettner-Rust, Heather <lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu>
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> Subject: Re: [ATTW-L] Editing textbook
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> I'd love to help with a new [updated] edition of Rude/Eaton--but didn't
> think that doing so was an option.  Is it?
>
> --
> Cynthia A. Nahrwold, PhD
> Professor | Coordinator, M.A. Editing and Publishing Concentration
> Department of Rhetoric and Writing
> University of Arkansas at Little Rock
> 501.352.0842 (c) | canahrwold at ualr.edu<mailto:canahrwold at ualr.edu> |
> ualr.edu<mailto:canahrwold at ualr.edu>
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> On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 12:05?PM Lettner-Rust, Heather <
> lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu<mailto:lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu>> wrote:
>
> Just curious, has anyone offered to help with a new edition?
>
> ________________________________
> From: ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org<mailto:attw-l-bounces at attw.org>> on
> behalf of Kramer-Simpson, Elisabeth <Elisabeth.Kramer-Simpson at nmt.edu
> <mailto:Elisabeth.Kramer-Simpson at nmt.edu>>
> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2025 1:15 PM
> To: attw-l at attw.org<mailto:attw-l at attw.org>
> Subject: [ATTW-L] Editing textbook
>
>
> CAUTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Do not click links or open attachments
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> Hi Folks,
> I have a faculty member in my program who teaches editing and absolutely
> loves Technical Editing by Rude/Eaton. Because it's out of print, however,
> it is very expensive for students to purchase. We're looking for
> suggestions on replacement texts that others have used instead, or any
> updates on possible reissues of that textbook.
> Thanks,
> Beth Kramer-Simpson
> Associate Professor of Technical Communication
> New Mexico Tech
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> --
> Cynthia A. Nahrwold, PhD
> Professor | Coordinator, M.A. Editing and Publishing Concentration
> Department of Rhetoric and Writing
> University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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> From: Stephen Bernhardt <sab at udel.edu>
> To: "David K. Farkas" <farkas at uw.edu>
> Cc: attw-l at attw.org
> Subject: Re: [ATTW-L] I've made my technical editing course material
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> Not sure if Carolyn is monitoring this discussion. A different option would
> be for Carolyn to get a release of copyright from Allyn $ Bacon and publish
> in Kindle. She could set the price and enjoy the royalties, which approach
> 70% on self publishing.
>
> Steve Bernhardt
> Bayside DE
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> On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 2:15?AM David K. Farkas <farkas at uw.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hello Technical Communication Folks,
> >
> > I taught a course in technical editing at the University of Washington
> > from 1982 to (approximately) 2000.  I have a large collection of teaching
> > materials?teaching notes, student handouts, exercises, etc. I hold the
> > copyright to most of it. I would happily contribute this material to any
> > effort to create a new (ideally, public domain) textbook.
> >
> > I also wrote a 40-page monograph, *How to Teach Technical Editing, *that
> > was published by the Society for Technical Communication in 1986. I was
> > told that it sold well for many years. Much of it can be re-written as
> > student-facing textbook material. STC holds the copyright but would, I
> > assume, transfer it to people who are creating a resource that would be
> > useful for our field.
> >
> > I have put all this material up on my Google Drive. This is the public
> > link:
> >
> >
> >
> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LLUsM4GtFvjTuNsZlnohelMsa3P4aZrT?usp=drive_link
> >
> > I hereby put all the technical editing material that I have authored and
> > placed in my Technical Editing Google Drive folder in the public domain.
> > Anyone is welcome to use and adapt it, whether for some kind of textbook
> or
> > for the use of individual instructors.
> >
> > A signed declaration of public domain status is included among the Google
> > Drive files.
> >
> > All this material will remain available in my Google Drive for the
> > duration of the year 2025.
> >
> > Carolyn Rude?s technical editing textbook is excellent. But I recognize
> > that it may be very desirable to make a less expensive (or no cost)
> > textbook option available to our students.
> >
> >
> >
> > -- Dave Farkas
> >
> >
> > --
> > David K. Farkas, Professor Emeritus
> > Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering
> > University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
> > https://faculty.washington.edu/farkas
> > <http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas>
> > farkas at uw.edu
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> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:31:09 -0500
> From: Caleb James <caleb.james at maine.edu>
> To: "Vernon, Laura" <lvernon at radford.edu>
> Cc: Cindy Nahrwold <canahrwold at ualr.edu>,  "Lettner-Rust, Heather"
>         <lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu>, "attw-l at attw.org" <attw-l at attw.org>
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> Thanks for starting this conversation, Elisabeth, and thanks to everyone
> else who has contributed.
>
> If the Rude/Eaton update isn't possible, I would also be interested in
> developing an OER textbook for editing courses. I teach one editing course
> that has been limited by the lack of affordable texts and instructional
> resources. If anyone organizes an effort to leverage our expertise and
> efforts, I would be happy to help out.
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 9:52?AM Vernon, Laura <lvernon at radford.edu> wrote:
>
> > I contacted the publisher a year ago and was told my name and interest in
> > producing a new edition would be forwarded to the appropriate people. I
> > never heard back, and I moved on to other things. However, I would still
> > love to do it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Laura Vernon
> >
> > Radford University
> >
> > lvernon at radford.edu
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org> *On Behalf Of *Cindy Nahrwold
> > *Sent:* Sunday, January 19, 2025 3:22 PM
> > *To:* Lettner-Rust, Heather <lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu>
> > *Cc:* attw-l at attw.org
> > *Subject:* Re: [ATTW-L] Editing textbook
> >
> >
> >
> > *NOTICE:* This email originated externally. It is not from a Radford
> > University account. Use caution responding, opening attachments, or
> > clicking links.
> >
> > I'd love to help with a new [updated] edition of Rude/Eaton--but didn't
> > think that doing so was an option.  Is it?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Cynthia A. Nahrwold, PhD
> >
> > Professor | Coordinator, M.A. Editing and Publishing Concentration
> >
> > Department of Rhetoric and Writing
> >
> > University of Arkansas at Little Rock
> >
> > 501.352.0842 (c) | canahrwold at ualr.edu | ualr.edu <canahrwold at ualr.edu>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 12:05?PM Lettner-Rust, Heather <
> > lettnerrusthg at longwood.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Just curious, has anyone offered to help with a new edition?
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org> on behalf of Kramer-Simpson,
> > Elisabeth <Elisabeth.Kramer-Simpson at nmt.edu>
> > *Sent:* Saturday, January 18, 2025 1:15 PM
> > *To:* attw-l at attw.org
> > *Subject:* [ATTW-L] Editing textbook
> >
> >
> >
> > CAUTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Do not click links or open
> attachments
> > unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I have a faculty member in my program who teaches editing and absolutely
> > loves Technical Editing by Rude/Eaton. Because it's out of print,
> however,
> > it is very expensive for students to purchase. We're looking for
> > suggestions on replacement texts that others have used instead, or any
> > updates on possible reissues of that textbook.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Beth Kramer-Simpson
> >
> > Associate Professor of Technical Communication
> >
> > New Mexico Tech
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Cynthia A. Nahrwold, PhD
> >
> > Professor | Coordinator, M.A. Editing and Publishing Concentration
> >
> > Department of Rhetoric and Writing
> >
> > University of Arkansas at Little Rock
> >
> > 501.352.0842 (c) | canahrwold at ualr.edu | ualr.edu <canahrwold at ualr.edu>
> >
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