Writing and editing style guides for Australian authors and publishers

When you’re writing and editing your book, you and your editor will need to pick a style guide and stick to it. It will mean your book will be consistent, for example in the way you display numbers (such as 1, 000 or one thousand or 1 000).

Here are some of the key style guides to choose from.

• Australian Manual of Style (AMOS)
• The Australian Government’s Style Manual
• Oxford Guide to Style
• The Chicago Manual of Style
• The Australian Style Guide from the Plain English Foundation