New Edition of The Chicago Manual of Style

[Grant Barrett]

"For the 15th Time, Look It Up: 'The Chicago Manual of Style' enters
the 21st century" By PETER MONAGHAN

"Next month, the University of Chicago Press will release the 15th
edition of the Manual, an imposing, 956-page tome that has become the
unquestioned arbiter of disagreements among "gropers in the labyrinths
of style," as the editors of the first edition put it in 1906." [...]

"For the first time, with this edition, the press's renowned editorial
department consulted outside advisers, and formed a panel of
experienced editors in academe, industry, and journalism. They also
sought comments on Internet bulletin boards of editors and university
professors, and made use of the Manual's World Wide Web site, whose
250,000 user "hits" last year raised many questions of style. In turn,
the Web site has been greatly expanded for the new edition."

Article: http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i46/46a01401.htm

Manual home: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/

Major rule changes:
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/about.newrules.html