Knowledge2Go

The idea of producing school and university textbooks as wikis (i.e. as free and editable online texts) is slowly starting to gain momentum. Dave Cornier lists some pros and cons. The great thing about publishing a textbook as a wiki is that users (e.g. students and lecturers) can contribute to the text and so help [...]

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A new report, Rip-off 101: How The Current Practices Of The Textbook Industry Drive Up The Cost Of College Textbooks, by the US consumer body CALPRIG has been causing quite a stir. Some highlights from the report (which is available as a free pdf download):
* Textbooks are expensive and have been steadily getting more expensive
* [...]

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I have just had a nice chat to Fiona Wakelin of Juta, who will be publishing Knowledge2Go. Fiona is currently visiting Gauteng from her home base in Cape Town. She is not only clued up about traditional publishing stuff, but also has creative ideas about the process of writing and publishing the book.

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Two upcoming book fairs to keep an eye on: The Frankfurt Book Fair this year (19 to 23 October 2005) and the Cape Town Book Fair next year (17 to 20 June 2006).

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