XML Press at STC Summit 2020

STC Summit 2020 is starting this week. As part of this event, XML Press is running a virtual bookstore. If you’re attending STC Summit, you will find the bookstore in the Virtual Expo Hall. The bookstore contains curated books that have been recommended by STC members, reviewed in STC Techcomm, or written by speakers, […]

New from XML Press: XProc 3.0 Programmer Reference

The latest book in our series of XML-related publications, XProc 3.0 Programmer Reference by Erik Siegel, is now generally available in ebook and print form through online book sellers worldwide.

XProc 3.0 Programmer Reference introduces XProc 3.0, which is a programming language for processing XML, JSON, and other documents. XProc chains conversions and other […]

A New Place to Buy Books

It has always been difficult to buy niche books from independent bookstores, and since we are a niche publisher, it is highly unlikely that you will see one of our books in your local bookstore. In 12 years of running XML Press, I know of only one direct purchase from us for an independent bookstore […]

Conversation and Community ebook now Free

Anne Gentle has decided that it’s time to take Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation out of print. The social media landscape has changed radically in just a few years. While the information in the book is still valid and relevant, there are trends and technologies that were not in existence when Anne […]

Voice and Tone Strategy: A Handbook

The latest book in The Content Wrangler Content Strategy Book Series, Voice and Tone Strategy: Connecting with People through Content will be generally available on February 25, 2020. See the book page for information on pre-ordering the book.

Voice and Tone Strategy: Connecting with People through Content walks you through the steps needed to […]

Privacy Update

We have updated our privacy page to reflect the new California privacy law. The page summarizes the cookies we set and our policies regarding personally identifiable information.

There are no real changes in our policy, because we collect very little personally identifiable information (just for people who purchase products on store.xmlpress.com) and because we will […]

Localizing Employee Communications by Ray Walsh

The latest book in The Content Wrangler Content Strategy Book Series, Localizing Employee Communications: A Handbook will be generally available on December 20, 2019. See the book page for information on pre-ordering the book.

Localizing Employee Communications: A Handbook is a practical guide to ending conventional communication practices that stand in the way of […]

Privacy Notice Update

We just updated our Privacy Notice. Here are the changes:

Added a notice about our use of Amazon Affiliate links. Added a notice about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and our mailing lists. Removed the notice about Google Analytics, which we no longer use.

TC World Shanghai

XML Press author Ray Gallon will be speaking at TC World China in Shanghai, May 30-31, 2019.

Ray, editor of The Language of Technical Communication, will be giving a presentation titled “The Challenge of Information 4.0” and a workshop titled “Cognitive science applied to user assistance.”

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Information Energy 2019

XML Press authors Rahel Anne Bailie and Ray Gallon will be speaking at Information Energy 2019 in Amsterdam, April 11-12.

Rahel, author of Content Strategy: Connecting the dots between business, brand, and benefits, will be speaking at the conference. Her talk is titled, “The Mechanics behind Info 4.0: Content Operations.”

Ray, editor of The Language […]