Editing AP Stylebook (section)

{{Short description|Book on English usage by Associated Press}}
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{{Infobox book
| name              = AP Stylebook
| title_orig        = The Associate Press Rules Regulations and General Orders
| image             = AP stylebook cover.jpg
| caption           = ''AP Stylebook'', 2004 edition
| author            = {{Plainlist|
* AP Editors (1909–1952)
* G. P. Winkler (1953–1970)
* Howard Angione (1977)
* Angione & E.A. Powell (1980)
* {{abbr|An.|Angione}}, {{abbr|Pow.|Powell}} & C.W. French (1984)
* French (1986)
* French & Norm Goldstein (1988)
* Goldstein (1992–2007)
* AP Editors (since 2008)
}}
| country           = United States
| language          = English (online, [[ebook]], and print editions)<br/>Spanish (online edition only)
| series            = Updated biennially
| subject           = [[Style guide]]
| genre             = [[Journalism]] [[Reference work|reference]]
| publisher         = [[Lorenz Press]]
| pub_date          = 1909 (1st internal ed.)<br/>1953 (1st public ed.)<br/>1977 (1st public modern ed.)<br/>2020 (latest public modern ed.)
| pages             = 640  ({{abbr|PB|2020 ed., paperback}})<br />619 ({{abbr|SB|2020 ed., spiral-bound}})
| isbn              = 978-1-541647-57-2
| isbn_note         = ({{abbr|PB|2020 ed., paperback}})<br />978-0-917360-69-5 ({{abbr|SB|2020 ed., spiral-bound}})
| oclc              = 
| website           = {{URL|https://www.apstylebook.com|apstylebook.com}}
}}

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'''''The Associated Press Stylebook''''' (generally called the '''''AP Stylebook'''''), alternatively titled '''''The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law''''', is a [[Style guide|style and usage guide]] for American [[English language|English]] grammar created by American [[journalist]]s working for or connected with the [[Associated Press]] journalism cooperative based in [[New Yorkers in journalism|New York City]]. The ''Stylebook'' offers a basic reference to American English grammar, punctuation, and principles of reporting, including many definitions and rules for usage as well as styles for [[capitalization]], [[abbreviation]], [[spelling]], and numerals.

The first publicly available edition of the book was published in 1953. The first modern edition was published in August 1977 by [[Lorenz Press]]. Afterwards, various paperback editions were published by different publishers, including, among others, Turtleback Books, [[Penguin Random House|Penguin]]'s Laurel Press, [[Pearson plc|Pearson]]'s [[Addison-Wesley]], and [[Hachette Books|Hachette]]'s [[Perseus Books Group|Perseus Books]] and [[Basic Books]]. Recent editions are released in several formats, including [[paperback]] and flat-lying [[Coil binding|spiral-bound]] editions, as well as a digital [[e-book]] edition and an online subscription version. Additionally, the ''AP Stylebook'' also provides English grammar recommendations through social media, including [[Twitter]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/ApStyleBook |title=AP Stylebook (APStylebook) |publisher=Twitter |access-date=March 21, 2011}}</ref> [[Facebook]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/apstylebook |title=AP Stylebook |publisher=Facebook |access-date=June 25, 2013}}</ref> [[Pinterest]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.com/APStylebook/ |title=AP Stylebook |publisher=Pinterest |access-date=June 25, 2013}}</ref> and [[Instagram]].<ref>{{cite web| url= https://instagram.com/apstylebook/ |title= AP Stylebook | publisher= Instagram |access-date= June 9, 2021}}</ref>

From 1977 to 2005, more than two million copies of the ''AP Stylebook'' have been sold worldwide, with that number climbing to 2.5 million by 2011.<ref>{{Cite book|first=Colleen |last=Cotter |editor-last=Androutsopoulos |editor-first=Jannis |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_oDnBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA378|title=Mediatization and Sociolinguistic Change|date=2014-09-04|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|isbn=978-3-11-034683-1|language=en |pages=371–394 |chapter=Revisiting the "journalist's bible": How news practitioners respond to language and social change}}</ref><ref name="AP_2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.ap.org/pages/about/pressreleases/pr_041305a.html |title=2005 Edition of AP Stylebook now available |work=AP.org |date=April 2005|publisher=Associated Press |access-date=March 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119025351/http://ap.org/pages/about/pressreleases/pr_041305a.html |archive-date=January 19, 2011 }}</ref> Writers in [[broadcasting]], news, magazine publishing, marketing departments and [[public relations]] firms traditionally adopt and apply AP grammar and punctuation styles.