Contemporary Business Communication Seventh Edition 7th Edition

It is a book required for one of my courses in my Masters. But after finishing the course I realized this is a book worth keeping and using to improve your day to day business communication skills

I bought this book for a class not paying attention that it was a hardcover. I have not been able to afford a hardcover college book since ever. Thanks to amazon's great prices I saved on $200 than what I would have spent in the bookstore. The book was used, but I was satisfied.

I got this for my business communications class. It works well as a resource still. It was so very expensive. I’m glad it can still serve its purpose.

I give this book a 3 star rating because it was easy to understand, however, the book didn't give very many details. If they book did give more details about everyday communication skills I would of given it a higer rating. Never the less, it was worth buying.

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This item took a while to get, yet it was in great condition and I was surprised. The review said it was in less than good condition but it was really nice.

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This is one of the most expensive textbooks I have purchased during my college career, and I've bought some fairly pricey, dense textbooks. So a key question many people will be asking is if it's worth this high price.The book is in full color. This might be useful if it was a book on graphic design, but it's a book on how to write content persuasively. They use the color to make the word "Not" in red and "but" in blue. Was that really necessary? Oh, they have cartoons as well. I would have gladly paid half this price (i.e. bring it down into normal textbook price range) and lost the cartoons and colored words.There were very useful examples in here. If you're writing an "apology" style letter to someone, still find a way to make the letter upbeat. Yes, apologize, explain what happened, and end on an upbeat note. Treat the customer respectfully and if they are partially at fault phrase that section in neutral language. Your aim is to resolve the issue and maintain a good reputation.While I was taking this course I was actively using the suggestions in each chapter in my own work life. I was immediately putting the suggestions into action and tweaking my own correspondence to be more effective. So that seems to indicate to me that the material was useful and well presented.Still, I just cant' get over this astronomically high price. There's no reason for this material to cost this much. It could easily have been presented in black and white for half as much. There's a reason that there's a stereotype of "starving college student" - and books like this are the reason why.Time for a new version that's not a solid color one.UPDATE: I had to use this book for two different classes now, so I've been through the material twice. I've found a number of errors in it and reported the most egregious ones to the author. I do give him kudos for responding back and putting the issues on the list of things to fix for the upcoming version.I still feel strongly that the information could easily be presented in a less expensive manner. I have many other books on writing which are incredibly useful and do not fill pages up with cutesy riddles and fluff.