[FM Discuss] viva la booki revolution

[Adam Thomas]

Hi all, 

Yesterday was the busiest day Sourcefabric has ever seen for press and social media reaction. We had a record number of people hit the site, 75% of whom were new visitors. Twitter saw over 1000 individual tweets about Booktype not including RTs, which is huge by our standards. Articles appeared on a great number of sites, full list below.

I mention this because we're really standing on the shoulders of giants with all the work that the FM platform has put into developing the software over the years. I know that I speak for the whole Sourcefabric team when I say a huge thanks to you all for your support. I started my first book on FM in 2008 and am hugely excited about the direction Booktype is headed. The future of the book is looking good. :)

Best, Adam

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Must reads in English:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/suwcharmananderson/2012/02/14/booktype-book-collaboration-made-easy/
http://akma.disseminary.org/?p=3009
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/meet-open-source-ebook-editingpublishing-app-booktype/
http://goodereader.com/blog/category/digital-book-world/
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Sourcefabric-introduces-Booktype-for-writing-and-publishing-books-1434771.html

Polish

http://antyweb.pl/booktype-narzedzie-dzieki-ktoremu-przygotujesz-swojego-ebooka-w-kilkanascie-minut-antyweb-testowal-bookstype-jako-pierwszy/

French

http://korben.info/booktype.html
http://www.actualitte.com/actualite/lecture-numerique/acteurs-numeriques/l-avenir-des-auteurs-independants-passe-par-booktype-32045.htm

Dutch

http://www.ereadernl.nl/alles-over-e-readers/booktype-open-source-platform-voor-het-maken-van-ebooks/

Spanish

http://webparaeducadores.blogspot.com/2012/02/booktype-open-source-de-criacao-e-books.html
http://www.espaciolinux.com/2012/02/booktype-nueva-plataforma-open-source-para-creacion-ebooks/
http://sinlugareneltiempo.blogspot.com/2012/02/booktype-editando-y-publicando-ebooks.html

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Adam Thomas
Communications Manager, Sourcefabric
adam.thomas at sourcefabric.org