Slog - Comments on HarperCollins Decides to Put 'Em All in One Place http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o It looks like HarperCollins is the first major publisher to get in on this whole Web 2.0 business that all the kids are talking about. Authonomy--not my name, so don't give me shit for it--is currently in beta testing. Apparently, it's a way for would-be authors to post their work and have other authors rate it thumbs up or thumbs down. The publisher intends to publish the best in normal, boring old-fashioned book form. From their blog: ...amidst the flurry of proposals that fill the daily mail bag (proposals that vary quite wildly in quality) the chance of the right... Copyright 2008 Tue, 13 May 2008 16:08:15 -0800 Wed, 14 May 2008 21:34:53 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by boxofbirds I see you looking at my book like that....

You can't have it!

]]> boxofbirds http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1023686 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1023686 Books Tue, 13 May 2008 16:36:34 -0800 Comment by Greg This brings back some horrible memories of Fanfiction.net back in the day.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1023727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1023727 Books Tue, 13 May 2008 17:03:29 -0800 Comment by brett Zoetrope already did this for short stories a while back.

]]> brett http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1023730 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1023730 Books Tue, 13 May 2008 17:05:00 -0800 Comment by gillsans Finally a place for my Firefly fan fiction (you know, besides fan fiction sites)!

Yeah, what's the deal with author's unholy obsession with having their work stolen? Artists/designers have a paranoia about it too. Most of the "examples" of plagiarism that I've seen are just unoriginal ideas that two people had at the same time.

]]> gillsans http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1023761 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1023761 Books Tue, 13 May 2008 17:30:10 -0800 Comment by dreamboatcaptain #4: I hate Gill Sans http://www.typotheque.com/articles/re-evaluation_of_gill_sans/ , but I agree with your point

]]> dreamboatcaptain http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1023793 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1023793 Books Tue, 13 May 2008 17:47:08 -0800 Comment by gillsans @5 meh. It's better than Helvetica. Anyways, the salacious tales of Eric Gill's life are much more interesting.

]]> gillsans http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1023823 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1023823 Books Tue, 13 May 2008 18:16:33 -0800 Comment by Greg Sans serif is the work of Satan.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1024274 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1024274 Books Wed, 14 May 2008 11:45:21 -0800 Comment by Ron Manning Publications (well regarded computer book publisher) pioneered this approach several years ago. It is called the Manning Early Access Program (MEAP). We publish early chapters as the authors write them, readers subscribe to the MEAP and receive the chapters immediately upon purchase as PDF downloads, and get regular updates as we post them. This can go on for months, depending on the author. Readers are invited to comment on the manuscript on the Author Forum we make available, which the author monitors. When the book is finally finished, readers receive the final ebook (and the print book as well if they ordered it).

It has taken a while for trade book publishers like HarperCollins to catch on, but they are getting there. Readers like the early access, authors enjoy entering the market months before the print book is ready, and the advantages to the publisher are obvious.

]]> Ron http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1025183 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/harpercollins_decides_to_put_em_all_in_o#c1025183 Books Wed, 14 May 2008 21:34:53 -0800