📢 New report: Version 2.0 of 'Books Contain Multitudes: Exploring Experimental Publishing' (2022 update)
A major update to our 2021 report that supports the work happening in COPIM's Experimental Book Publishing and Reuse WP. #OAbooks
1/11
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@jmittell has used @mediacommons to solicit feedback on Complex TV, which had been made publicly available for ~2 years prior to publication with @NYUpress. Add'l material has been made available via @anvcscalar (more on Scalar in next week's 🧵).
11/20
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@kfitz used CommentPress to invite #peerreview feedback on her book Planned Obsolescence (2011) via If:book's @mediacommons platform, and her recent book Generous Thinking (2019) is available via a @cpcore setup hosted with @hcommons
10/20
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A variety of researchers have done fascinating work with CommentPress over the past 15 years. Take, for example, @mckenziewark who used an early instantiation to realise her seminal book GAMER THEORY 2.0 in online form.
8/20
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ALT GAMER THEORY 2.0: How do I read this book? Highlights distinct sections & elements of the CommentPress-enabled platform including: Navigation, Link into the past, The page cards, The title (which is also a permalink), The comments on a particular page card, a short list of the most recent comments/discussion in the forum, a Search bar, more navigation elements, The running footer, and The Footer, with "Links to the FAQ, about the author, and to the page where you can subscribe to the feed (if you prefer a feed reader to this interface). Also, on the right, a way to contact us, find out more about the Institute for the Future of the Book, and the Creative Commons License."
Originally developed by the Institute for the Future of the Book (If:book), CommentPress (@cpcore) is a WordPress plugin introducing an annotation layer to the versatile blogging platform while also enhancing WP with regards to #accessibility#a11y
7/20
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Translation: Is there a WP plug-in that allows for readers to see the ticket or revision history of a page or to compare multiple versions? Has to work with CommentPress.