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[Fact 1]: Once they have accepted work for publication, publishers provide authors with their own guidelines and specifications, which may differ from those required for submission, and editors may assist authors in preparing their work for press.

[Fact 2]: A set of standards for a specific organization is often known as "house style".

[Fact 3]: They are rulebooks for writers, ensuring consistent language.

[Fact 4]: A or is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication, organization or field.

[Fact 5]: Professional scholars are advised to follow the style guides of organizations in their disciplines when they submit articles and books to academic journals and academic book publishers in those disciplines for consideration of publication.

[Fact 6]: Some organizations, other than those previously mentioned, produce style guides for either internal or external use.

[Fact 7]: The Associated Press, for example, revises its stylebook annually.Publishers' style guides establish house rules for language use, such as spelling, italics and punctuation; their major purpose is consistency.

[Fact 8]: Style guides are common for general and specialized use, for the general reading and writing audience, and for students and scholars of various academic disciplines, medicine, journalism, the law, government, business, and industry.Organizations advocating for social minorities sometimes establish what they believe to be fair and correct language treatment of their audiences.Some style guides focus on graphic design, focusing on such topics as typography and white space.

[Fact 9]: Web site style guides cover a publication's visual and technical aspects, along with text.