[ztratar]

I dislike things like this. There are tons of FREE, valuable resources online about grammar and writing.

Why pay for this book? There is no reason. There isn't anything special about writing for "creators" -- and if there is, this author hasn't shown capability. Just look at the bullet points. They all end with a semi-colon. While that can be grammatically correct, there are many accepted versions here and a semi-colon won't do anything but simply confuse most users.

Follow best practices from the big players' splash pages. This book looks unworthy of a reading even if it was free.

[seanmcdirmid]

The semicolons only work for short sentence fragment bucket points; the last points are a bit long for semi colons. It is generally started by a colon (you will learn: not what you will learn), and the last semicolon should include an "and.' They should have just used complete sentences for each point here with periods rather than semicolons.

I agree that the leading text doesn't provide me with much confidence, but I'm not in the market for such a book. It might be useful for those grasping at something to get started, but free sources are available...or one could invest in a well used writing style guide (my advisor suggested this approach, it didn't work for me).

[bpackard]

You mean...'even if it WERE free.'

[macintux]

Better: 'even were it free'

[hkmurakami]

"Elements of Style" by Strunk (Not Strunk and White) is in the public domain.

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37134