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  • Experimental Repo

    We have just created a repo on github for some experimental work on a framework for collaborative knowledge production. There are two repositories as it happens, one is PubSweet which is a rough and ready simple tool for collaborative production ... read more

  • 2 Presentations

    Today Adam Hyde presented at the Digital Publishing Tool Kit conference at the Boijmans Museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The topic was “Books are Evil”. Tomorrow Adam presents at The Next Chapter conference in Stockholm on the topic “Collaborative Knowledge Production”.

  • Book Sprint on Book Sprints

    After 4 short but arduous days in a Book Sprint on Book Sprints we are proud to release the results. On Book Sprints v1.0 EPUB is available here. We will produce a 1.1 and PDF later this week. Contributors: Rachel ... read more

  • Seeking Unix/CSS Book Geek

    If you would like to be involved in cutting edge book design techniques then you might be the one for us! We write books in 3-5 days and produce print formatted PDF and EPUB in minutes. We are looking for ... read more

  • Open Science

    An interesting presentation about Book Sprints by Dr Martin Mehlberg. It is great to see more people learning about the process.  Relevant materials starts 28 minutes into the video.

  • Experimental Labs Book Sprint

    The first week ever we have two Book Sprints running at once – one in Nice, France, and one at Stratford on Avon, UK. The UK Book Sprint is about experimental labs, what their purposes and principles are and how ... read more

  • Book Sprints for ICT Research #5: CAPS

    5 – 7 May 2014 Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation We have two Book Sprints this week, one of which is taking part in Nice, France, with seven members of the project CAPS2020 – Boosting the emergence ... read more

  • Anne Gentle on the OpenStack Book Sprint

    from http://programming.oreilly.com/2014/05/the-book-sprint.html The book sprint Not just for code anymore by Anne Gentle May 1, 2014 Do you really want a technical book for your project? Does your community need to provide more helpful docs to support even more users? Does your ... read more

  • Now in print: O’Reilly OpenStack Operations Guide

    The OpenStack Operations Guide is the first Book Sprinted book published by a major Publisher. The Book Sprint was facilitated by Adam Hyde in 2013. Taken from http://opensource.com/business/14/4/oreilly-openstack-operations-guide Now in print: O’Reilly OpenStack Operations Guide Posted 29 Apr 2014 by Jason Baker (Red ... read more

  • Book Sprint on Social Innovation Labs

    Next week (May 5) we have two Book Sprints running concurrently. The 5th in the Book Sprints for ICT Research series and a Book Sprint on Social Innovation Labs. The following is about the Labs Book Sprint (taken from http://www.kennisland.nl/filter/nieuws/kennisland-contributes-to-booksprint-on-social-innovation-labs) KENNISLAND ... read more