...@APStylebook: Last-minute shoppers, you can gift the Stylebook iPhone app through iTunes: http://apne.ws/e3XQLZ Journalists on your list will love i... Read More

...@APStylebook: Last-minute shoppers, you can gift the Stylebook iPhone app through iTunes: http://apne.ws/e3XQLZ Journalists on your list will love i... Read More

As someone who cares about words, I have been considering signing up for the AP Stylebook Online ($25/year, all prices listed are USD) or buying the AP Stylebook for iPhone ($24.99) but had trouble deciding which one would be the better deal. You can also pick up a printed version of the 2010 stylebook at the AP website for $18.95. (The 2009 version is available on Amazon.com for $12.89, but the 2010 stylebook is not yet available on Amazon.com as of this writing). I contacted the folks at AP and asked if I might be able to review the iPhone app and get a trial for the AP Online to compare them on the iPhone and iPad. The quick and dirty summary is: if you want access to the AP information on your iPhone frequently, without having to rely on the availability of an Internet connection, get the iPhone app. For Read More

...there's an AP Stylebook iPhone app?? http://bit.ly/6LzWdp This should be on EVERY @UGAGrady syllabus... Read More

...@APStylebook: Stylebook 2009 app customers, have you gotten your 2010? If it didn't automatically update, you can download on iTunes: http://bit.ly/... Read More

...Sorry for any confusion. Does your icon look like what you see here? http://bit.ly/9okboq If not, you still have 2009... Read More

Associated Press is out with the 2010 AP Stylebook, which they tout as the essential tool for writers, editors, students and public relations professionals. Just like that was the case last year, this time the guide is available as an iPhone app, in addition to the old-school spiral-bound edition. The dedicated app provides fundamental guidelines for spelling, language, punctuation, usage and journalistic style, as well as new rules for how journalists should use social media. There’s also the enhanced search functionality (when compared to the last year’s version), pinch and zoom capabilities, faster page loading and live links to websites for real-time information. Among the new terms included are such popular social media phrases as “hashtag,” “mashup”, “retweet,” “unfriend,” and “crowdsourcing.” Furthermore, there other novelties like the change from “Web site” to “website,” the addition of “mic” as the shortened form for “microphone” and some polical phrases like “Great Recession” and Read More

Sep 30th 2009 at 3:00PM It's like the AP put up a giant billboard: "YUP -- WE STILL THINK THIS WHOLE 21ST CENTURY THING IS JUST A FAD" Considering that the Associated Press was one of the launch partners for the debut of the App Store in 2008, your comment seems pretty off-base. The AP, of all organizations, should realize how little most writers make. $28 is a bit rich; writers are not. I'd love to have this on my iPhone but I'll stick to the book until the price becomes realistic The interesting thing here is that the app says that those who buy the 2009 AP Stylebook will receive the 2010 application for free. I'll be curious to see how they handle a free upgrade, since it's the type of thing that the App Store is not designed to support. They're kidding if they think this pricing will entice Read More

...Bad news, $29!!! #pass http://tinyurl.com/ybpuwzb... Read More