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First published in Great Britain and the United States in 2009 by Kogan Page Limited
Second edition published in 2016
Third edition published in 2019
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ISBNs
Hardback 978 1 78966 020 3
Paperback 978 0 7494 9729 3
eBook 978 0 7494 9730 9
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Talbot, Fiona, author.
Title: How to write effective business English : your guide to excellent
professional communication / Fiona Talbot.
Description: Third edition. | London ; New York : Kogan Page Limited, 2019.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019013425 (print) | LCCN 2019016212 (ebook) | ISBN
9780749497309 (Ebook) | ISBN 9781789660203 (hardback) | ISBN 9780749497293
(pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: English language–Business English–Study and teaching. |
Business communication–Study and teaching. | English language–Textbooks
for foreign speakers. | Business writing.
Classification: LCC PE1479.B87 (ebook) | LCC PE1479.B87 T35 2019 (print) |
DDC 808.06/665–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019013425
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