Book Proposal Done. Now I Need Readers.

[Brad King]

If you have some time, I'd love to get your feedback on the book proposal. Post your email and your desire to play. I'm not ready to post the whole thing here until I get the contract, then I'll have a final copy for all y'all.

Please, happily tear it apart.

[Andrew]

I'll take a look. [e-mail]

[Brad King]

Excellent. Will send it along after my run. I need to clear my silly head after pounding through this.

What I'm most interested in (although not limited to): is there a clear focus? Does the narrative seem to make sense? Should I restructure the book in any way? What am I missing? What do you think works? What do you think doesn't work?

These are all concerns of mine :) That -- and we're in two wars.

[Andy Osier]

Yo, send it to aosier [at] gmail [dot] com

[Brad King]

Will shoot it over when I get home from drinks in a bit. Already late. And thanks for reading. I appreciate all the input I can get.

[Chris Graves]

Not sure your timeline for getting comments back to you ... I'll have time this weekend if you want to send it along. But no time this week with training, work and all my life stuff goin' on.

I promise not to copy edit the little stuff :)

[e-mail]

-cg

[Andrew]

Just a couple of quick thoughts/questions: What is the ultimate objective of the book? Is it to motivate journalists to get off their asses and engage in social media? Is it to give them a how-to-guide for modernizing the newsroom? What do you mean by 'data is king, not content'? It's an interesting concept, but I'm not sure I understand it. Any concern that by the time you finish this book it may already be out of date? This problem is prevalent in the field of genomics due to tech advancements. I know you've mentioned a wiki format, why not sell the book as a wiki rather than hard copy? Book can then evolve with the new developments in technology. Didn't Lessig do this?

[Brad King]

Well, I'm not going to answer questions on a critique. That defeats the purpose. It's good to hear the questions that you raise, though. That is extremely helpful (as readers will have those same questions). All questions and critiques are valid :)

What book do you think Lessig did as a wiki first? Code and The Future of Ideas were books, although I can't say either way that he didn't do a wiki first (which I am doing with the site).

[Kevin Dugan]

If I can have a few days to digest, I would love to review it for you.

Just drop me a copy to prblog at gmail dot com

[Andrew]

This seemed relevant to the discussion. Brief excerpt below. I found this at: http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2008/05/experimenta...

Andrew Finlayson, VP and News Director Fox News Chicago writes:

I'm part of a team of journalists in a newsroom in Chicago who have put together something new that I thought might interest you. Think of it as a little experiment in what some journalism might become. We are working on a website called www.LiveNewsCameras.com The concept is simple, let people watch news as it happens anywhere in the world…raw, unedited on your computer at work or home.

[kiyoshimartinez]

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[Brad King]

Just so you all know, I've sent copies to all y'all. I'd love to get your comments back -- but I'd also love to have you discuss here as well. As I posted below, you'll get no "push back" from me. I really want to listen to what you have to say.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few (or the one).