So. I wrote a book. It’s out today.
Yeah, I know. You’ve been reading this site for ages, waiting for booktech revelations, when you realise it’s just been a plog all along.
Yes, I wrote a book, and if you want to buy it, that would be sweet. It is pretty awesome. But that’s not the point. I did get all booktwo on it as well.
Check out this site I made for the book. I’m sticking to all my principles; I retained full electronic rights to the work, and the whole text is available online, for free, under a Creative Commons license.
It’s all valid, it’s built with open-source, mostly free software and there’s even a mobile edition.
And on top of that, I’ve marked it up in a prototype hRecipe microformat, and you can download the whole book as a tagged XML file to use for other experiments with this type of data.
What do you reckon?
I’ve also been making some little cooking videos to illustrate the site (the kind of thing, incidentally, which would be simple in a true ebook, but only possible now through this kind of split-personality marketing). Here’s one; check the book and follow the blog for more.
James,
My copy went in the post today!
Looking forward to it!
Hope it goes astonishingly well!
Eoin
Comment by Eoin Purcell — October 1, 2007 @ 10:48 am
> the kind of thing, incidentally, which would be
> simple in a true ebook, but only possible now
> through this kind of split-personality marketing
so let’s talk about this.
and, more generally, the tech you used
in the writing and creation of this book…
i’m too busy this week, but maybe next?
perhaps we could talk on your blog?
or maybe you could carve out a wiki?
(blog comment-boxes are so stifling.)
-bowerbird
Comment by bowerbird — October 2, 2007 @ 7:30 pm
This is a great way to market this recipe book.
I’ll be using the website regularly, and when gift giving seasons or times of year come around, I’m sure to buy a copy or two.
Comment by papyromancer — October 8, 2007 @ 5:49 pm
Thanks guys, you’re all very kind.
Comment by James Bridle — October 9, 2007 @ 12:46 am
I like the look of the book online, and since I’m probably going to publish my next novel from a website, not a blog, I’m scouting around for design ideas and help with coding, at which I’m a rank novice.
Comment by Lee — October 27, 2007 @ 10:10 am