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German Language Edition of The Boost C++ Libraries

We have just published a German language edition of The Boost C++ Libraries.

Die Boost C++ Bibliotheken is available on Amazon.de and also on other Amazon sites, including Amazon.com. This edition also includes additional information about the libraries and other updates from the English edition.

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Stop SOPA/PIPA

XML Press is joining the one-day Stop SOPA blackout. We will black out our site on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, in support of the effort to block the SOPA (H.R.3261 – Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (S.968 – PROTECT IP Act of 2011) bills, both of which are currently under consideration in the […]

Two chances to win a copy of Confluence, Tech Comm, Chocolate

Who is the girl on the cover?

She is the hero of the book. She is a technical communicator extraordinaire. Let’s dub her X for now. When you read the book, you will follow X as she sets up a Confluence wiki and adds a technical documentation space. Learn from her expertise with […]

XML Press Authors Among Most Influential Tech Comm Leaders

Congratulations to XML Press authors Anne Gentle (@annegentle) and Char James-Tanny (@CharJTF) for being recognized by MindTouch as being among the Top Ten Tech Comm Influencers in 2011.

It’s also great to see XML Press (@xmlpress), Sarah Maddox (@sarahmaddox), Alan Porter (@alanjporter), and Richard Hamilton (@richardhamilton) on MindTouch’s list of 401 Tech Comm Influencers. […]

Coming Soon: Confluence, Tech Comm, Chocolate

In February, 2012, we will be publishing Confluence, Tech Comm, Chocolate by Sarah Maddox. If you want to know how to use a wiki for technical documentation (and you like chocolate), this is the book for you.

Sarah Maddox is well-known in the technical communication community for her widely read blog (ffeathers) and for […]

Doc Plan Template in Microsoft Word Format

A reader requested a Microsoft Word version of the documentation plan template from Managing Writers, so I created one and posted it on the Documentation Template page, which also has DocBook and PDF versions of the template.

The template, which is one of the most popular links on our site, is freely available. […]

XML Press Newsletter — Fall, 2011

The latest edition of the XML Press Newsletter is now available in HTML and PDF formats. This edition talks about XML Press at the LavaCon conference, which is being held November 13-16, 2011 in Austin, TX, and a new article on The Content Wrangler from XML Press author, Richard Hamilton.

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Robert Delwood Interview

Robert Delwood, author of The Secret Life of Word: A Professional Writer’s Guide to Microsoft Word Automation, was interviewed by Robert Reynolds in the latest issue of sound.views, the newsletter of the Puget Sound Chapter of the STC.

The interview discusses Robert’s approach to Microsoft Word automation, and how he uses automation […]

XML Press Newsletter — Summer, 2011

The latest edition of the XML Press Newsletter is now available in HTML and PDF formats. This edition is devoted to three new releases:

Learning Author-it, by Char James-Tanny, The Secret Life of Word, by Robert Delwood, and The Boost C++ Libraries, by Boris Schäling. Newsletter Sign-up

You can sign up to receive occasional […]

The Boost C++ Libraries now available

The Boost C++ Libraries, by Boris Schäling, is now available from online retailers. Based on Schäling’s popular website, this book is a quickstart introduction to 38 of the most useful Boost C++ libraries.

The Boost C++ libraries are a collection of open source libraries designed to help you be more productive and get […]