CIRCULAR LETTER NO. 727

April 21, 2009

TO: Printing and Publishing Officials of the Federal Government

SUBJECT:Availability of the 2008 Edition of the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual

GPO has released the 30th edition of the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual. The GPO Style Manual 2008 is the first update to this authoritative style guide since 2000. The Manual is a major reference source for professionals involved in the field of Federal printing and publishing. Copies of the 336-page book are available for sale from GPO in paper and cloth editions. A CD-ROM edition is in production. The new edition is also available on GPO’s Web site free of charge, in both HTML and PDF formats, at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/stylemanual/2008.html.

Printed copies of the GPO Style Manual 2008 are available for $36.00 (paper; stock number 021-000-00198-8) and $41.00 (cloth, stock number 021-000-00197-0). The CD-ROM edition of the GPO Style Manual 2008 will be available soon (stock number 021-000-00199-6) for $24. They can be ordered via GPO’s Online Bookstore at http://bookstore.gpo.gov/collections/gpo-style-manual.jsp; by telephone from 866-512-1800 (toll free); (202) 512-1800 (Washington DC area); by fax at (202) 512-2104; or by mailing an order to: US Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 979050, St. Louis, MO  63197-9000.

Sincerely,

DR. RICARDO GARCIA,
Managing Director, Print Procurement