stylebook

[ stahyl-boo k ]

/ ˈstaɪlˌbʊk /

a book containing rules of usage in typography, punctuation, etc., employed by printers, editors, and writers.

a book featuring styles, fashions, or the rules of style.

Origin of stylebook

First recorded in 1700–10; style + book

styl-, stylar, stylate, style, style sheet, stylebook, stylee, styler, stylet, styli, styli-

The AP has now responded by banning the phrase from its stylebook.

Illegal Immigrants Have Been Banned From the AP Stylebook |Megan McArdle |April 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The Stylebook would appear to be as uncomfortable with the nouveau as Astor and McAllister were.

Is the AP Stylebook Archaic? |John McWhorter |June 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
I have at last got some business with you, and business letters are written by the stylebook.

The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. |Robert Burns and Allan Cunningham

stylebook

/ (ˈstaɪlˌbʊk) /

a book containing rules and examples of punctuation, typography, etc, for the use of writers, editors, and printers