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The Craft of Science Writing: Selections from The Open Notebook is a non-fiction book edited by Siri Carpenter. The first edition was published in 2020 by the journalism nonprofit The Open Notebook. A second, expanded edition with 9 new essays was published in 2024 by the University of Chicago Press. The book is part of the Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing series. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/series/CGWEP.html

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The book image should be updated to the current edition of the book. Here's a link from the publisher. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo236260832.html]

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The Craft of Science Writing presents 42 articles, some new, others previously published...

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SandhillColt, I've completed the edits you requested, with the exception of the updated image. I will have more time next week to wander through the copyright issues to post it on Wikimedia. Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 17:10, 21 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Image now updated.

Done Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 07:35, 23 July 2026 (UTC)Reply