Monday, April 13th, 2009

New Book Project - Writing about Wikis

I mentioned this in passing on my Twitter account the other day, but as it was officially announced today, I thought I'd post a few more details.



WIKI: Grow Your Own for Fun and Profit
by Alan J. Porter


Looking for a way to increase team collaboration, manage your company’s knowledge? Do you need a way to manage projects with customers or suppliers outside your company firewall? Would you like your customers to provide feedback on the information you publish? Then a wiki might be just what you are looking for.

Perhaps you have already decided that you should use a wiki, but are not sure how to go about it. Maybe you have a wiki but would like to encourage more people to use it. Or you would just like to learn more about the practical applications for this fast growing technology.

Then this is the book for you.

WIKI: Grow Your Own for Fun and Profit will introduce the concept of wikis, and show why they are becoming the must-have communications and collaboration technology for businesses of any size.

The book will also include several case studies highlighting the ways that various companies are using wikis to solve differing business and communications issues, and the resulting benefits in terms of both efficiency and customer satisfaction.

WIKI: Grow Your Own for Fun and Profit will be available early next year, but we will keep you informed with excerpts and news along the way.

The official web site for the project is HERE, and it will be updated as the project progresses.
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Boldly Going Into A New Book Project

A few people already know about this, but now that contracts have been finalized and signed, I'm able to officially announce that the "new book project" I've referred to a few times over the last few weeks is:

STAR TREK: A Comics History

The book will be published by Hermes Press and is scheduled for release in May 2009.

The official press release about the project will be issued on Monday and the book will be listed in the February edition of PREVIEWS.

The image below is a design mock up for one of the possible covers.



As with the James Bond book, I'll be posting some images and a few behind the scenes stories as the book comes together.
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Signing Tonight ... @ Austin Books

Just a quick reminder for those folks in the Austin area - I will be at the excellent Austin Books & Comics this evening between 4:00 and 7:00pm, pen in hand ready to deface your books.

Or as the Austin Books newsletter puts it....

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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Book pimping in PW and other places.

The mast head from this week's Publishers Weekly comics industry newsletter..


Nice. The first time I've seen that banner ad, it looks very effective.

Also now online is my interview on Newsarama, plus a full Press Release went live today.

The book will also be featured in a Hermes Press presentation on Sunday at the Miami Book Festival.
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Friday, August 8th, 2008

James Bond Comics Covers from around the world #2 - Live & Let Die

Covers from various translated reprints of the comics adaptation of Fleming's second Bond novel, Live & Let Die

Chile


Denmark


Sweden


UK Newspaper Strip


Find out more on the history of James Bond in comics, check out JAMES BOND: A history of the illustrated 007, due in bookstores in October.
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Page 123, Fifth Sentence

A couple of people tagged me over the weekend, with the latest book meme going the rounds. I don't usually participate in memes but this one appealed, so here goes...

(1) Grab the nearest book, turn to Page 123 and blog the fifth sentence.

They relied on extreme and unnatural features appearing on the surface of the corpse, which would simply indicate that an alien substance had been used.

from Murder in Shakespeare's England by Vanessa McMahon


(2) Tag five other people to play along.

I tag...

[info]budgie_uk
[info]gr8noise
[info]hipsterdad
[info]savageknight
[info]colinmurtagh
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