Comments on: Symbian Wiki books – uses every resource available http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/symbian-wiki-books-uses-every-resource-available/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jo http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/symbian-wiki-books-uses-every-resource-available/comment-page-1/#comment-1145763 Jo Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:26:10 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=29463#comment-1145763 At Symbian, our rationale for books is: - get the content to developers as soon as possible - make it free - keep it valid Use of wiki solves all that (and allows collaborative writing). The use of typesetting to produce print ready eBooks and print on demand, is a bonus. That said, it's often the artefact, the print book with your name on it, that encourages people to start writing in the first place. I reckon a wiki book project gets more uptake if the end point is a printed book on the bookshelf. At Symbian, our rationale for books is:
- get the content to developers as soon as possible
- make it free
- keep it valid

Use of wiki solves all that (and allows collaborative writing). The use of typesetting to produce print ready eBooks and print on demand, is a bonus.

That said, it’s often the artefact, the print book with your name on it, that encourages people to start writing in the first place. I reckon a wiki book project gets more uptake if the end point is a printed book on the bookshelf.

]]> By: Paula B. http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/symbian-wiki-books-uses-every-resource-available/comment-page-1/#comment-1145737 Paula B. Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:03:31 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=29463#comment-1145737 This sounds kind of like the "networked book," which we discussed on The Writing Show a couple of years ago. Show notes here: http://www.writingshow.com/podcasts/2006/08062006.html. I also wrote an article on the subject, which is available at the Kindle store and Lulu.com. This sounds kind of like the “networked book,” which we discussed on The Writing Show a couple of years ago. Show notes here: http://www.writingshow.com/podcasts/2006/08062006.html. I also wrote an article on the subject, which is available at the Kindle store and Lulu.com.

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