The Associated Press Stylebook is pretty much a required fixture on journalists’ desks, but with today’s release of the reference work as an app for the iPhone and iPod touch, it just got a lot easier to carry around. However, the $28.99 price tag for the app is a lot heavier than the current $18.95 non-AP members have to fork over (AP members and college students can get the spiral bound edition for $11.75). It’s also slightly more than the $25 annual online subscription to the Stylebook. At a time when many reporters have found themselves laid off or seen a cut in the wages, the price might seem a bit steep. But the app will be updated annually with each new edition, so it could save reporters and editors from having to go out and buy a new one every few years.