News Articles (etc) on Book Sprints

The following are some links to news items, journal articles etc on Book Sprints and/or Adam Hyde (founder of Book Sprints) that have appeared over the years. In no particular order.

The Digital Book, contributions to a discussion (2014)
University of Amsterdam
http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2014/03/21/the-digital-book-curating-emails-via-the-epub-format/

Kiwi Launches Open Source Store (2008)
Computer World NZ
http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/493578/kiwi_launches_open-source_store/

Complex Simplicity (March 2014)
http://clintlalonde.net/2014/03/28/complex-simplicity/

Interview: Adam Hyde über OpenSource-Bücher und kollaboratives Verlegen (2011)
http://www.fuereinebesserewelt.info/interview-opensource-bucher/

MathML and Chrome (Feb 2013)
http://jblevins.org/log/mathml-and-chrome

All Books are Participatory. Interview with Adam Hyde (2011)
http://recursivepublic.net/all-books-are-participatory-interview-with-adam-hyde-at-floss-manuals/

FLOSS Manuals Sprints to build quality documentation (2008)
Linux.com
http://archive09.linux.com/feature/155205

Content Remix (2008)
http://thecontentwrangler.com/2008/08/19/content_remix_floss_manuals_provides_community_technology_community_writing/ [no longer online]

A new Wiki/Authoring Tool Hybrid (2008)
http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/09/05/flossmanualsnet-a-new-wiki-help-authoringpublishing-tool-hybrid/

Writing a Linux Shell Book the Community Way (2009)
http://blogs.computerworld.com/writing_a_linux_shell_book_the_community_way

Agile Across the Enterprise (2009)
The Agile Executive
http://theagileexecutive.com/2009/12/10/agile-across-the-enterprise-prioritizing-value-in-support-and-training-guest-post-by-anne-gentle/

Book Sprints and Open Science (2014)
http://openscience.com/how-open-access-changes-the-future-of-the-book-methods-like-books-sprints-and-liquid-books-are-inspired-by-the-faster-turn-around-of-open-access-publishing/

The Open Translation Manual (2009)
http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2009/06/30/the-open-translation-manual/

A Book isnt a Book isnt a Book (2014)
Manuel Schmalstieg, The Journal of Electronic Publishing
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jep/3336451.0017.102?view=text;rgn=main

The Social Media Reader (2013)
NYU Press
http://www.mandiberg.com/the-social-media-reader/

Death of the Reader: Proceedings published in Academic Journal (2014)
http://www.journalofelectronicpublishing.org/
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jep/3336451.0017.108?view=text;rgn=main

From Zero to Book in 120 Hours (2010)
German National Newspaper TAZ
http://www.taz.de/!47987/

Book sprints: an open approach to collaborative writing (2013)
The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/book-sprints-an-open-approach-to-collaborative-writing/article5282472.ece

Writing in Book Sprints (2013)
Academic article by Phil Barker et al
http://ebookchallenge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Booksprints_OER_2013_Conference.pdf

How to write a book in five days (2013)
Open Source.com
http://opensource.com/life/13/11/book-sprint-doc-camp-2013

Book Sprint: Writing an Open Contracting Guide in Five Days (2013)
Open-contracting.org
http://www.open-contracting.org/book_sprint_writing_an_open_contracting_guide_in_five_days

How to Create a Book in Three Days (2013)
Julian Ausserhofer
http://ausserhofer.net/2013/02/the-method-of-book-sprints/

Come Book Sprinting with us (2014)
Clint Lalonde
http://open.bccampus.ca/2014/02/13/calling-bc-geography-faculty/

Google DocCamp 2012: Book sprints (2012)
Linux Magazine Weekly, Dec 2012
https://lwn.net/Articles/528730/

What are Book Sprints Really like? (2010)
M Marques
https://communities.bmc.com/blogs/writeon/2010/12/03/what-are-book-sprints-really-like

Open Textbook Authoring Tools – Book Sprints (2012)
S Leslie
http://www.edtechpost.ca/wordpress/2012/02/14/open-textbook-authoring-tools-part-3-book-sprints/

Book Sprint Breaks Down Mining Contracts for a Lay Audience (2013)
International Senior Lawyers Project
http://www.islp.org/content/book-sprint-breaks-down-mining-contracts-lay-audience [no longer online]

4 books written in 3 days! (2011)
S Taylor
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/11/doc-summit-wrap-up-4-books-written-in-3.html

Book Sprints, Post-Digital Scholarship and Subjectivation (2013)
Dr M Dieter
http://hybridpublishing.org/2013/07/book-sprints-post-digital-scholarship-and-subjectivation/

How Open Access changes the future of the book (2013)
M Bunz
http://openscience.com/how-open-access-changes-the-future-of-the-book-methods-like-books-sprints-and-liquid-books-are-inspired-by-the-faster-turn-around-of-open-access-publishing/

Wrap Up (2011)
Oreilly Radar
http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/10/wrap-up-from-floss-manuals-boo.html

Frankfurt Book Fair (2012)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M3n-g-KG0k

Out of Ink Interview (2011)
Institute Network Cultures
http://vimeo.com/28609102

One Laptop per Child Interview (2008)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2YFMonHzyQ

Amsterdam Network Winter Camp Interview (2009)
http://vimeo.com/4078924

Netsquared Interview (2010)
http://www.netsquared.org/blog/alexsteed/interview-adam-hyde-floss-manuals

Collaboration Made Easy (2012)
Forbes Magazine
http://www.forbes.com/sites/suwcharmananderson/2012/02/14/booktype-book-collaboration-made-easy/

Free Software Foundation Interview (2013)
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/interview-with-adam-hyde-of-booktype

Meet Open-Source eBook Editing/Publishing App ‘BookType’ (2012)
OMGUbuntu
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/meet-open-source-ebook-editingpublishing-app-booktype

Book Sprinting with Adam Hyde (2012)
V2 Netherlands
http://v2.nl/archive/articles/interview-with-adam-hyde

Booktype Launches Crowd-Sourced eBook Tools (2012)
Goodereader
http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/booktype-launches-crowd-sourced-ebook-tools

Sprinting through the pages (2012)
ExBerliner
http://www.exberliner.com/features/people/sprinting-through-the-pages/

Bleeding Edge Press Benefits from Mini Book Sprints (2013)
SafariOnline
http://blog.safaribooksonline.com/2013/04/25/bleeding-edge-press-benefits-from-mini-book-sprints/

Open source publishing, ‘book sprints’ and possible futures. (2012)
Junctures Journal for Thematic Dialogue
http://www.junctures.org/index.php/junctures/article/view/219/311

OpenStack Operations Guide: One Week, One Book (2013)
Anne Gentle, Rackspace
http://www.rackspace.com/blog/openstack-operations-guide-one-week-one-book/

ACADEMIC PUBLISHING AND COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE (2013)
Hybrid Media Lab
http://cdc.leuphana.com/structure/hybrid-publishing-lab/project/coscience/

Zero to Book in 3 Days? (2012)
Safari books
http://blog.safariflow.com/2012/12/13/0-to-book-in-3-days/

Learning from others: Textbook sprinting in New Zealand (2014)
Clint Lalonde
http://clintlalonde.net/2014/01/13/learning-from-others-textbook-sprinting-in-new-zealand/

New Aesthetic, New Anxieties, the book-sprint (2012)
Bruce Stirling, Wired
http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2012/06/new-aesthetic-new-anxieties-book-sprint/ [no longer online]

The Minigraph: The Future of the Monograph? (2014)
Berry
http://sprintbeyondthebook.com/2014/02/the-minigraph-the-future-of-the-monograph-2/ [no longer online]

Writers and Collaboration (2013)
S Nesbitt
http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/writers-and-collaboration/

Writing on the Ether (2013)
Porter Anderson
http://janefriedman.com/2013/10/17/writing-on-the-ether-112/

Ether for Authors: Is It Time for Publishing to Call a Truce? (2013)
Porter Anderson
http://publishingperspectives.com/2013/10/ether-for-authors-is-it-time-for-publishing-to-call-a-truce/

Interview with Adam Hyde (2013)
BS4ICTRSRCH
http://booksprints-for-ict-research.eu/2013/11/05/interview-with-adam-hyde/

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