About the book

Managing Writers: A Real World Guide to Managing Technical Documentation by Richard L. Hamilton, $25.00

Managing Writers is a practical guide to managing documentation projects in the real world. It is informal, but concise, using examples from the author’s experience working with and managing technical writers. It looks beyond big project, big team methodologies to the issues faced by smaller, less well-funded projects. Managing Writers is for technical writers, both freelancers and employees, documentation managers, and managers in other disciplines who are responsible for documentation; anyone who may need to manage, full or part-time, a documentation project.

About the Author

Richard L. Hamilton is the founder of XML Press, a publishing imprint dedicated to anyone who uses XML, especially those who use it for technical communication. Before founding XML Press, he managed technical documentation teams for over ten years. His teams developed technical documentation for Unix and Linux systems, web-based applications, and many other software and hardware projects. He has also led development teams, including a team at Hewlett-Packard that developed a DocBook XML-based environment that delivers print, web, and online help content.

He has been a member of the DocBook Technical Committee since December, 2001, and is editor of the latest edition of DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide, which was published by O’Reilly in collaboration with XML Press.