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"Praise for the first edition: ""A resounding success.... If you have ever wondered whether you might want to become a technical writer, wondered what a technical writer does, or you are a technical writer who knows there are gaps in your knowledge, buy and read this book."" - Matthew Helmke, former technical writer for Pearson, Canonical, and Red Hat. From the Foreword: ""The Insider's Guide provides exactly the perspective that new technical writers need about teamwork, collaboration, responsibility, curiosity, and more."" - JoAnn T. Hackos, Ph.D., Retired as President, Comtech Services Inc."

Praise for the first edition: A resounding success.... If you have ever wondered whether you might want to become a technical writer, wondered what a technical writer does, or you are a technical writer who knows there are gaps in your knowledge, buy and read this book. - Matthew Helmke, former technical writer for Pearson, Canonical, and Red Hat. From the Foreword: The Insider's Guide provides exactly the perspective that new technical writers need about teamwork, collaboration, responsibility, curiosity, and more. - JoAnn T. Hackos, Ph.D., Retired as President, Comtech Services Inc.

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Krista Van Laan has worked in, managed, and built from the ground up multi-level Technical Publications and User Experience departments in high-tech companies in the United States and Europe. She is co-author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Technical Writing. JoAnn Hackos has retired as president of Comtech Services, a content-management and information-design firm based in Denver, Colorado. She is director emeritus of the Center for Information Development Management (CIDM), a founder of the OASIS DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) Technical Committee, and an author of the original DITA specification.

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