If you're into freelance writing, you've probably seen lots of job adverts that say: "Writing must adhere to Chicago Manual of Style." The style manual is what most periodicals, university presses, etc. use and was first published in 1906. The 15th edition, published in 2003, is the newest version to date.
If you're not familiar with the style format as delineated in this manual, you may have thought about purchasing a copy so you could learn. The print version of this venerable book is about $55.00. Whoa! That's a hefty part of the overhead for a freelancer.
Cheer up. You can get an online version for $25.00. Even better, it's where you can consult it as you need it i.e. "on the fly" as Managing Editor Anita Samen said. So you don't have to remember all those rules. (If you're like me, your brain is already overloaded and you need a few more gigabytes of ram in order to remember anything else.)
So getting access to the Chicago Manual of Style is easy.
If only it were that easy to order several gigs of "brain ram," we'd all be in good shape.
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