Business Letters for Busy People, Fourth Edition

By Jim Dugger

Book Overview

Are you too busy to even think about writing that business letter that was due yesterday? Are you agonizing over what to say or how to say it? Are you unsure of the proper business format of a business letter? Do you find yourself asking these questions and others while attempting day to day tasks? Business Letters for Busy People is the resource for you. It is a handy, quick-reference guide that not only tells you how to write virtually any kind of business letter, but gives you numerous examples you can adapt and use right now. Now in its fourth edition, Business Letters for Busy People has been a best-seller since it was introduced in 1991. Why? Because it contains concise, easy-to-use learning resources that get results. The book is packed with the most concrete information, useful techniques, and practical tips available.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156414612X
• ISBN13: 9781564146120
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Career Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Ideal letter writing!!!!!

I love this book. It has helped write letters in difficult situations. Highly recommend.

Dear Sir or Madam - This is a good book.

Just the ticket a quick template and short tips. When they talk about busy people they are serious. This book is not full of chapter upon chapter of what to do. Rather it is templates for almost all occasions with marginal notes expaling what to add and why. A Great Timesaver !

For virtually any kind of business venture

From sales and goodwill letters to collections letters and those covering employment, this revised and updated fourth edition of Business Letters For Busy People which provides templates and samples which can be quickly adapted to suit virtually any kind of business venture. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the templates for all of the samples in the text, further reducing the time needed to quickly locate and utilize a professional-sounding letter.

A Great Resource For Anyone Who Writes Business Letters

Jim Dugger has done a great job writing a book for us pragmatic business people who want to write the most appropriate letter in style and structure) for any given situation but don't want to spend hours learning how. I'm an Entrepreneur, work fast paced hours and sometimes take on multiple tasks in my company. This leads me to have to write sales letters, customer relations letters, internal memos, etc. To do this I need to be flexible in my communication with various people and this book helps me do just that. I keep this book handy on my shelf, and so far I haven't been disapointed. It will provide you with two primary things: quick advice for writing letters in professional situations and over two hundred business letter formats for easy reference. The book is organized in such a way that you can easily flip through it, find the type of letter you want to write, and find the best format to follow with a breakdown of each part of the letter and what it's function should be, as well as some general information about that specific type of letter and a visual representation of the letter itself. The over two hundred letters cover almost any type of letter you will have to write as a business person. I would have given the book 4.5 stars if it was possible, but I chose not to give it five stars because I would expect a book on business letters in today's day and age to now include at least some information on e-mail letters, or letters written in the context of e-commerce. I think that if the author came out with an equivalent book for writing e-mails or business letters for people in e-commerce situations, or perhaps made an addition to this book, it would provide important additional resources to the average user given the popularity of new internet technologies. Otherwise the book is excellent, and I highly recommend it for anyone who wants a quick reference and guide to writing business letters!