SWET Newsletter, Number 18

The W/P and Me: A Panel Discussion [announcement]

Panelists: Barbara Adachi, Peter Goodman, Wendy Holdenson, John McCreery, Fred Uleman

Book Exchange Expires [demise of service]

Selling Your Words (LER) [report: Writer's Market panel discussion]

Panelists: Tom Chapman, Robert Wargo, Jane Condon, Jared Lubarsky

If You've Got It, Flaunt It [SWET T-shirt ordering]

Howzzat Again? Or, Keeping Count [disagreement in number]

Book Mavin at Work

Dictionaries: Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, 4th ed.; Kodansha Japanese-English Dictionary; Sanseido's New Concise Japanese-English Dictionary ; New Standard Japanese-English Dictionary

More Help For J-E Translators

Dictionaries: Shogakukan Japanese-English Dictionary of Current Terms (Janru-betsu Saishin Nichibei Hyôgen Jiten); Wa-Ei Hon'yaku Handobukku, new revised ed.; Gendai-yôgo no Kiso-chishiki

Book Mavin at Work: Update

Book: U.S. GPO Style Manual [new edition now available]

Book Service Update[book ordering progress]

A Book Mavin Bonus

Books: On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction, 2nd ed.; Writing with Precision: How to Write So That You Cannot Possibly Be Misunderstood, 3rd ed.

Feminist Book Fair (GH) [report]

Advice for Freelancers [review]

Book: The Freelance Writer's Handbook

The SWET Bestsellers [top 9 books ordered to date]

The SWETStars [report: WordStar users meeting]

SWETStars Tips (YS, GS) [WordStar user tips]

No Compunctions [usage: particle collocation with "collocation"]

Books referenced: Dictionary of English Phrasal Verbs and Their Idioms; Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English: Vol. 1, Verbs with Prepositions and Particles; English Prepositional Idioms

The Social Scene [report: Beer Party]

47.8 Tsubo = ? Sq. M. [recommendation for measure conversion]

Calculator: Canon Card FC-4 Shaku-kan Tan'i

Ask the Publishing Hexpert [printing out accents]

Those Sexist Pronouns [rationale for choice]

Amateur Night [design and layout pitfalls]

Tempus Fugit: A's and An's [before "h" words]

Directory Update

Changes/Corrections/Additions

New Members

The PrintStars [publishing subgroup event report: communication between publishers and typesetters' printers]