Book Sprint

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A book sprint is a method of collaborative book writing.

The term is reminiscent of the programming sprints in agile software development. At its core it is a kind of unconference . However, the participants do not give lectures, but write about their specialty. Books are thus created collaboratively in a fast process - from concept to writing to delivery within a few days.

The three main goals of a Book Sprint are:

  1. Writing a book,
  2. Sharing knowledge,
  3. Team building.

procedure

In a Book Sprint, five to fifteen experts sit together in one room. There is only one idea for the topic, but otherwise few guidelines. A facilitator supports the participants in working on a book together within a maximum of five days. The book is often produced using specialized, cloud-based software solutions such as BookType . At the end of the five days, the books will be published both in print-on-demand and in various e-book formats. As a rule, the main income does not come from the sale of the book, which is usually made freely available, but is acquired prior to the project, for example through sponsors and crowdfunding platforms.

development

The name Book Sprint comes from Tomas Krag, the method was invented by Adam Hyde. The Book Sprints method was initially developed primarily with the content of FLOSS manuals (FLOSS: Free / Libre Open Source Software ). FLOSS Manuals is a non-profit organization that Adam Hyde founded in 2006 to write manuals for using free software. FLOSS Manuals has now published a variety of books written using the Book Sprint method.

Since then, the Book Sprint method has been tested in various subject areas far beyond the context of free software. To date, over 70 books have been written on topics such as transparency in oil and mining businesses, collective adaptive systems, media art, HR innovation, new aesthetics and new work.

literature

  • Meike Laaff: From zero to book in 120 hours . taz of February 8, 2010 full text .
  • Adam Hyde: Zero to book in three days . TRANSFORMING PUBLISHING, O'Reilly, January 28, 2013 full text .
  • Scott Nesbitt: How to write a book in five days . opensource.com dated November 21, 2013 full text .

Web links

Commons : Booksprint  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Esther Debus-Gregor: Booksprint! Publish it differently. (No longer available online.) In: edyssee Electronic Content Services. June 2013, archived from the original on February 25, 2014 ; accessed on February 21, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.edyssee.de
  2. ^ Adam Hyde: What is a Book Sprint? In: BookSprints. October 2012, accessed February 21, 2014 .
  3. ^ Rachel Horton: Book Sprint, Gateshead Central Library .
  4. ↑ Tom Ottway: What is a booksprint? And introduction. .
  5. ↑ Boris Hänßler: The reinvention of an old medium - the book as a place of encounter. In: BuB - Forum Library and Information. September 2013, accessed February 21, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Adam Hyde: HISTORY. In: FLOSS Manuals. Retrieved February 21, 2014 .
  7. ↑ FLOSS Manuals: Introduction to the Command Line. Retrieved February 21, 2014 .
  8. ↑ OpenOil: Oil Contracts. How to read and understand them. Retrieved February 21, 2014 .
  9. ↑ International Senior Lawyers Project, OpenOil, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, Revenue Watch Institute-Natural Resource Charter: Mining Contracts. How to read and understand them. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 18, 2014 ; accessed on February 21, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.resourcecontracts.org
  10. ↑ focas: Adaptive Collective system. Herding Black Sheep. Retrieved February 21, 2014 .
  11. ↑ On Turtles & Dragons. And the Dangerous Quest for a Media Art Notation System. Retrieved February 21, 2014 .
  12. ↑ HR Innovation - An initiative to develop new living environments in the organizational culture. Retrieved May 16, 2014 .
  13. ^ Imaginary Museums, Computationality & the New Aesthetic. Retrieved February 21, 2014 .
  14. ↑ Fascination New Work - 50 impulses for the new world of work. Retrieved April 2, 2020 .