An American Journalism Review Piece on @FakeAPStylebook

Remember last year when we mentioned that one of the folks behind the always reliable Twitter feed @FakeAPStylebook was Dallas’ very own Ken Lowery? How about now? Anyway, AJR goes into greater depth with the group behind the feed here. Such as: the book deal.

The book, to be published next spring by Three Rivers Press, is finished except for two chapters. There are 15 active contributors and two people whose work has been pulled from the Twitter feed but who are not contributing new material.

At least 90 percent of the book consists of new material that has not appeared on the Twitter feed, Lowery says. Using the same format as AP Stylebook, the Fake AP Stylebook will be about two-thirds tips. The back half is glossary terms, and there will be “how to” sections, including “How to write a dating site profile.’ ”

Although there are a few nods to the actual AP Stylebook – including a particularly long section on weapons and military “because the AP Stylebook has like a weird amount on weapons and the military” – Lowery says that the idea is to capture the AP Stylebook tone.