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hi adam & others,<br>
having said that i could do this, i now realise that it requires
more information about the project than i already know or can find
online. i've listed the form fields that i need input for below,
plus whoever is to be listed as "artists" needs to give their date
of birth, nationality, bio (3000 characters, plus pdf & image
can be uploaded), address & email (there is space in the project
details for "people" that only requires names, then "artists" are
entered individually on another form with more details).<br>
<br>
if others can contribute in note-form to the areas below then i can
write it all up & fill in the form. the deadline is 31st which
is thursday so we need to get onto it if we are going to manage it.<br>
<br>
perhaps we can continue off-list with those who can help?<br>
<br>
h : )<br>
<br>
<u>2000 character description</u>: what is the project about, which
target group & who are the participants (the following draft is
1567 characters):<br>
<br>
<font size="3">Booki represents a new
approach to publishing, which can be described as social network
publishing: people with a shared interest use the Booki platform
to
collaborate online to create open textbooks and any other
publication
you can think of. Booki facilitates the production of books
through
simple and effective book production tools. With Booki you can
write
a book by yourself or with others, discuss your views, seek
assistance from others, translate or reuse content and publish
completed works. </font>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font size="3">Booki is a
purpose-built
open source application which was initially developed as the
engine
for FLOSS Manuals, an online creation platform and repository
for
manuals about open source software. All of the existing FLOSS
Manuals
have been successfully migrated to Booki and there are now
hundreds
of people collaborating in the creation of all kinds of books,
from
software manuals to fiction and poetry, using Booki. The project
is
being promoted and disseminated through Book Sprints - one-week
intensive sessions to collaboratively create a book - and the
Bookimobile - a van containing everything required to produce
books.</font></p>
<p>“<font size="3">The new system called "Booki" embodies
the skills, tools, and experiences that the FLOSS Manuals
community
has gained over the last couple of years to create a new kind of
publishing. Booki changes all by enabling the production of
books on
dramatically faster cycles and reducing the obstacles that get
in the
way of community and open publishing.”</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><cite>Chris Hofmann, Director
Engineering<br>
<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla
(Firefox)</a></cite><font size="3">
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.booki.cc/testimonials/">http://blog.booki.cc/testimonials/</a></font></p>
<br>
<br>
<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"></font></font>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </p>
keywords (2010 characters)<br>
social networking, publishing, collaboration, book, manual, Booki,
Bookimobile, FLOSS, open source, FLOSS Manuals, textbooks,<br>
<br>
objectives (2010 characters)<br>
- to facilitate easy online collaborative creation and publication
of books<br>
- to provide a platform for FLOSS Manuals<br>
- to experiment with new forms of authoring and publishing<br>
<br>
people (2010 characters)<br>
- Adam Hyde<br>
-<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"> Aleksander Erkalovic</font></font>
<br>
- Douglas Bagnall<br>
- john curwood<br>
- who else?<br>
<br>
lessons learned (2010 characters)<br>
-<br>
<br>
solutions (2010 characters)<br>
-<br>
<br>
statement of reasons (2010 characters)<br>
-<br>
<br>
planned use of prize money (2010 characters)<br>
-<br>
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helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:helen@creative-catalyst.com">helen@creative-catalyst.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.creative-catalyst.com">http://www.creative-catalyst.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.avatarbodycollision.org">http://www.avatarbodycollision.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.upstage.org.nz">http://www.upstage.org.nz</a>
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