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

Booktype

online

social
production
platform

books & ebooks

free
open 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.

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Real-time editing

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Real-time editing
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Chapter statuses

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Real-time editing
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Chapter statuses
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Editorial notes

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Real-time editing
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Chapter statuses
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Editorial notes
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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 firewall
or on an intranet...

... and then the book published publicly.

And this is only the start.

software

collaboration

case
studies

Floss Manuals
3000 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 sprint
300 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