2 Presentations on Book Sprints

The Digital Publishing Toolkit conference “Off the Press” was held in Rotterdam in the last week of May, 2104. Two presentations featured Book Sprints, the first was by Adam Hyde and touched on Book Sprints as a methodology within the context of producing artifacts. His argument “Books are Evil” reflects on collaborative processes as a critical practice that deconstructs copyright, ‘the book’, solitary authorship etc.

Off the Press – Adam Hyde: Books Are Evil from network cultures on Vimeo.

The second presentation focused on 2 Book Sprints held by V2. Michelle Kasprzak talks of one Book Sprint facilitated by Adam Hyde that was a very successful and pivotal event for the organisation. The second Book Sprint V2 undertook by themselves without a facilitator. Unsurprisingly Michelle comments on this second event as having mixed results and a book was not produced.

Off the Press – Michelle Kasprzak, _V2: The eBook as a Vehicle for Re-dissemination and Creation from network cultures on Vimeo.