booktype online

Quick linksBooktype page on SourcefabricLorna's write up of the OER Booksprint Open Video Workbook: a course sprint on an old fishing trawler Mozilla Webmaker - Mick's ePub series: ●Pt 1 - Create epubs from web pages ●Pt 2 - Explore and embed a video into an epub  ●Pt 3 - Remix and reuse epubs with online editorsWorkshop at UCL on academic use of BooktypeMick Chesterman – http://clearerchannel.org

Booktype

online

social productionplatform

books & ebooks

freeopen source

software

supports traditional authoring processes

redefines the production paradigm

create a book in

2 – 5days

publish a book in

2 – 5minutes

Social Production

Platform

Create books alone...

Create books alone... or with others.

● Real-time editing

● Real-time editing● Chapter statuses

● Real-time editing● Chapter statuses● Editorial notes

● Real-time editing● Chapter statuses● Editorial notes● Automatic credits

User permissions... writers, editors, proofreaders.

Communicate using livechat

Communicate using livechat with multiple authors...

...or by using status messages.

Work in real time (in real space or remotely)...

... or asynchronously.

Hit publish to output paper and electronic books.

Create versions.

Create versions. Perfect for textbooks...

Create versions. Perfect for textbooks and manuals.

Create versions. Perfect for textbooks and manuals.

Clone books...

Clone books... then import into a different Booktype platform.

The second Booktype community can remix and reuse the material.

Production times are reduced, material is kept up to date.

A new book, original credits intact, plus the new authors.

Another clone...

Another clone... imported into another Booktype instance.

Booktype can be installed behind a firewallor on an intranet...

... and then the book published publicly.

And this is only the start.

software

collaboration

case studies

Floss Manuals3000 users producing books about free software

Case Study One

How to Bypass Internet Censorship

How to Bypass Internet Censorship

sponsored by Internews

How to Bypass Internet Censorship

5 day sprint300 pgs

How to Bypass Internet Censorship

proofed by community

How to Bypass Internet Censorship

released online and via lulu.com

How to Bypass Internet Censorship

improved in second booksprint

How to Bypass Internet Censorship

French, Farsi, Arabic, Burmese (Myanmar), simplified Chinese,

Spanish, and Russian

Case Study Two

Basic Internet Security

Basic Internet Security

funded by Greenhost ISP

Basic Internet Security

booksprint for teambuilding

Basic Internet Security

book for PR

Basic Internet Security

international press+

1000s hits a day

book sprints

Documentation Sprints

team-building

Book Sprints

collaborative thought

Writing Sprints

knowledge consolidation

Course Sprints

teaching method

Federated Publishing

Publish Once Publish everywhere

Print, iPad, Kindle, Web pages, Nook or any e-reader in minutes. 

Customise Fonts, illustrations and tables in pdf, epub, mobi, odt, html. 

Templates designers can use (css)

Remix and reuse books

Make new from old

Mash-up, illustrate, translate, curate and publish.

You control your content

Not tied into licenses, contracts or limiting agreements.

Choose how your content is used and distributed.

Formless Content

Formless refers to content that has no inherent visual structure, and for which the meaning doesn’t change as the words reflow. Think: paperback novels.

Definite refers to content for which the structure of the page—the juxtaposition of elements—is intertwined with the meaning of the text. Think: textbooks.

Challenges of Formless Content

Pixel perfect manipulation within a strictly contained space is not possible

This makes book designers uncomfortable (contrast to web)

Web designers lack good tools for formless books

Embrace Epub and Formless Content

Let go of pixel perfect layout & embrace the flexibility of formless content!

Experiment with Book layout and css

Enjoy collaboration with peers to create Books in new ways