Hi all,
The idea of an OM book, gathering together as much of the collective
list knowledge of our favoured camera system as possible, was mooted
about two years ago, shortly after I joined the list. The idea was very
popular, and an editorial board was formed, with Gary Reese as
editor-in-chief. A comprehensive list of what people would like to see
was formed, and for a while it sounded like an exciting and interesting
project that was going places. Unfortunately, in the end, there was a
fatal shortage of people who could definitely commit to writing, and the
idea was shelved.
Later, Richard Man revived the idea, suggesting it might be done with a
'wiki' system (www.wiki.org), where everyone can write and revise
sections via the web. This would decentralise the whole thing, and
allow the project to grow at its own pace, as and when people had the
time to contribute.
The other day I chanced across something that made me think again of the
OM book: Cafe Press, a website via which you can self-publish books.
You can do loads of other things as well, it's worth a look at the whole
site, but the book publishing info is here:
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell/books.aspx
What I'm wondering is if anyone is still interested in the idea of
creating an OM book? The depth of knowledge on this list is, as we all
know, phenomenal. If there's any group of people who could start a
project like this and make it work, it's this list. Creating content
via 'wiki' and then potentially publishing that content at a reasonable
price via Cafe Press would be a fantastic way to preserve the wit and
wisdom of the list.
Just wondering what everyone else thinks? Is the idea dead, or would
there be interest in at least starting off a set of wiki pages to see
what happens? I've still got the proposed table of contents that was
produced the first time round, and it would make for a great book.
Roger
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