[FM Discuss] a crazy moment pondering a manifesto

[sam kleinman]

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 03:08:43PM -0700, adam at flossmanuals.net wrote:
> 
> Srbp isn't a very catchy acronym :)
> 
> Aren't books developed? Develop is not a term only connected to the
> domains of software and photography....

But RSBP 

or "res-bip" (to mirror the common pronunciation of RSVP)

might work.

> Adam
> 
> > Hi Adam,
> >> how about a name for the process. i was thinking of FIBd
> >>
> >> Fast Iterative Book development
> >
> > Personally, that doesn't work for me. 'Iterative development' is a
> > software term, it doesn't mean anything to authors, editors or
> > publishers. (Even people who write Free Software manuals are not usually
> > programmers, in my experience).
> >
> > Books are not really developed, which implies not yet being fully
> > functional and never being completed. When you click the 'export' button
> > you are producing something, which may or may not be the final version,
> > but it will still function as a book. Books should not 'crash' like
> > software :-)
> >
> > Also, not all iterative book production uses the FM or Booktype model.
> > Most computer manuals are iterative (there is one revision per software
> > release) but they are not necessarily fast or social.
> >
> > 'Social Rapid Book Production' might be closer to the mark.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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