If you are interested in 'electronic writing', WIRED Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age deals with the developments in language and how writing is shown in print. A lot of this has changed recently because of the rapid changes in information technology. It's a cheerful and stylish guide to writing and editing based on the practice developed at WIRED magazine. Do we write word processor, word-processor, or wordprocessor? [They go for one word.] It offers conventions for showing email addresses and web page URLs, plus such tricky issues as the plural of a [computer] mouse - in which they opt for mouses. The latest edition tries hard to keep up-to-date.

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