This article from Safari Books does a good job of explaining why this is an important methodology for the publishing industry. “I think there are a wide variety of types of books that could benefit from the Book Sprint process. ... read more
There will be an initial pilot Book Sprint training program in May 2013. The initial training will be 5 full days in New Zealand and will be integrated into an ongoing mentoring program and optional master classes. More information will ... read more
The Ecocities Book Sprint in Cairo has been postponed due to the current state of events in Egypt. Local news is that things seem more or less safe – if you fine with occasional moments of tear gas and rock throwing it ... read more
The Open Oil team had their book printed and sent it to funders and interested parties. A print run of 3000 books is also in the works after a little run through to check some formatting. The Book Sprint was ... read more
If you wish to commission a Book Sprint follow this simple process: Choose a topic. Think about the topic in terms of a title and subtitle for your book. Consider a range of possible dates and locations. Contact adam@booksprints.net to discuss ... read more
Orginal post on October 2, 2012 by Tryggvi Thayer and can be found here: http://www.education4site.org/blog/2012/booksprints-fast-track-to-rigorous-open-educational-resources/ A group of Finnish mathematics researchers, teachers and students got together this past weekend (Sept. 28-30, 2012) to produce a mathematics textbook in three days. They’re not quite done, but at ... read more
Created in a 3 day Book Sprint from: http://www.v2.nl/publishing/new-aesthetic-new-anxieties New Aesthetic New Anxieties is the result of a five day Book Sprintorganized by Michelle Kasprzak and led by Adam Hyde at V2_ from June 17–21, 2012. Authors: David M. Berry, Michel van Dartel, Michael Dieter, Michelle Kasprzak, Nat ... read more
Interview with Nat Muller on V2_’s Book Sprint 2012 from V2_ on Vimeo. Nat can also be seen in the foreground of the below image. This was taken while restructuring the book “New Aesthetics, New Anxieties” by using a paper print ... read more
from http://www.v2.nl/archive/articles/interview-with-michel-van-dartel-on-the-new-aesthetic by Joris van Ballegooijen, June 20, 2012 Michel van Dartel is curator and project manager at V2_, he also researched knowledge representation in robot models of cognition and holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and an MSc in Cognitive ... read more
from http://mashe.hawksey.info/2012/06/booksprints-notes-from-dev8ed-session-on-authoring-books-in-a-short-time/ Published on June 6, 2012 at 9:30 am in ebook. 2 Comments By Martin Hawksey For a while at JISC CETIS we’ve been keeping an eye on an open source platform called Booktypedesigned to help in the creation of books from print and electronic distribution in a range of ... read more
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