[FM Discuss] Book Sprints book

[adam at flossmanuals.net]

Tomi. This sounds awesome. Can you write that into the wegpage is a book
book?

Adam

> I have to write a little manual about the collaborative writing process we
> have been using here, which is like:
>
> - Startup meeting and a live writing session
> - Online collaborative writing
> - Live writing session
> - Online collaborative writing
> - Repeat until complete
>
> We used different external resources for coordination, like Moodle, a wiki
> page or project mailing lists. I wonder if people would now be able to
> communicate with Booktype itself, or if we still need something else as
> well.
>
> This booklet should include a little style guide, since some people seem
> to
> like those, and otherwise you will end up making a new ad hoc style guide
> for each writing process. A glossary is probably also needed.
>
> It should probably include the Booktype user guide. And some information
> about FLOSS Manuals.
>
>
> 2012/4/3 adam <adam at flossmanuals.net>
>
>> i think the process is all wrong. at the time of writing that we all
>> thought it was more about editorial but 30 sprints later i see its a
>> different picture...
>>
>> recently (last week) i tried to improve it here:
>> http://www.booki.cc/a-webpage-**is-a-book/_edit/<http://www.booki.cc/a-webpage-is-a-book/_edit/>
>>
>>
>> adam
>>
>>
>> On 01/04/12 20:33, Janet Swisher wrote:
>>
>>> Reviving an old thread: Can you summarize the aspects that you think
>>> are
>>> wrong or out of date?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> On Feb 10, 2012 4:14 AM, "adam" <adam at flossmanuals.net
>>> <mailto:adam at flossmanuals.net>**> wrote:
>>>
>>>    its because.....................__**having done another 30 sprints
>>>
>>>    since this book was written i now realise it was more or less wrong
>>>    on many points :)
>>>
>>>    we shouldnt publish it until we have rewritten it
>>>
>>>
>>>    adam
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    On 02/10/2012 11:10 AM, Daniel James wrote:
>>>
>>>        Hi Janet,
>>>
>>>            It appears that the Book Sprints book has not been published
>>>            to the
>>>            Read area.
>>>
>>>
>>>        This one?
>>> http://booki.flossmanuals.net/**__book-sprints/<http://booki.flossmanuals.net/__book-sprints/>
>>>
>>>        <http://booki.flossmanuals.**net/book-sprints/<http://booki.flossmanuals.net/book-sprints/>
>>> >
>>>
>>>        It's been published here:
>>>        http://en.flossmanuals.net/__**book-sprints/<http://en.flossmanuals.net/__book-sprints/>
>>>
>>>        <http://en.flossmanuals.net/**book-sprints/<http://en.flossmanuals.net/book-sprints/>
>>> >
>>>
>>>        but it doesn't show up on the Flossmanuals homepage. Unless this
>>> was
>>>        deliberate for some reason, I think it would be great to see the
>>>        book
>>>        promoted there.
>>>
>>>        The book owner (John Curwood)  would need to log into:
>>>
>>>        http://www.flossmanuals.net/__**admin.php?plugin=admin<http://www.flossmanuals.net/__admin.php?plugin=admin>
>>>
>>>        <http://www.flossmanuals.net/**admin.php?plugin=admin<http://www.flossmanuals.net/admin.php?plugin=admin>
>>> >
>>>
>>>        set the book-sprints Category to 'Book production', check the
>>>        Visible
>>>        box, then click the Save Changes button.
>>>
>>>        Cheers!
>>>
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