Showing posts with label book project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book project. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Available soon!

After many months of writing and even more of waiting, Passage to Redemption is at the printers!

The special, first edition will be a short run for the benefit of the authors and those around the world who participated in the project as well as everyone who has followed our progress.

It will be available exclusively on Amazon.com for Worldwide distribution during September and I'll announce the date here first. Shortly after, a Kindle version will be launched.

The main release will follow a few months later on Amazon.co.uk as well as Amazon.com and general availability through book shops, to order.

It was always our desire to be available in time for the Mexico Climate Change Conference later this year, so we're especially pleased to have achieved this goal.

The special edition will be something of a collectors item but your postman will need strong arms as it weighs in at over 750 pages!

Just what you will need for those long Winter nights!

Pete 

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Latest News!

The collaborative novel remains ahead of schedule and we have now completed a complete 'read through' of all the chapters written to date. We did pick up quite a number of 'typos' as you would expect from the editing process and there are some tweaks to be made but nothing major.

This leaves only the final chapter and our creative team is now working on the conclusion to our story.

We were relieved to hear from our writer in Manila after the severe storms in that part of the world. When this is all over, we should draw up a list of the catastrophes that have affected our writing team through the course of one year on this great planet.

Pete

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Secrets Revealed & Your Chance to Meet the Authors!

As The Book moves into it's final phase, our team is planning a 'Webinar' for all those who are interested in this collaborative project.

Over the months, several Universities and academic institutions around the world have contacted our team to ask about the project and some have even launched their own internal collaborative works within their English literature faculties.

A wide range of literary professionals have also been in touch for information, in addition to past project members, writer's groups and forums and the many people who are close to the authors themselves.

There are many questions about how we have managed this ambitious project as well as why we did it. When you talk about collaborative writing, most people think that one person writes something, then someone else and so on. This is what I refer to as 'serial collaboration' and there are a number of examples of this on the web.

The Book is not a serial project and I will explain our approach in more detail during the Webinar.

We have also, as you will imagine, been asked lots of times for information about the story (so far a tightly guarded secret!). What kind of story will be worthy of such an effort? How do we maintain a consistent style?

All this, and much more will be answered during the Webinar.

So what is a 'Webinar'?

It's a meeting - but a meeting on the Internet with people from all around the world. Our Webinar will include audio so you will hear us talking and you will be able to submit questions via your computer keyboard into a dialogue box.

We will start with a brief presentation about the project - how it came about and who is in it.

Then we reveal our big secret ...... what the story is about and what we plan to call it! (if the publishers agree!)

From the beginning you will be able to ask questions and these will be logged throughout and answered in turn after the presentation.

So when is this going to happen?

This September!

We will deliver the webinar in each of three major time zones within hours or days of each other. The Western zone will accommodate our audience predominantly in the USA and Canada. Central will cover Western Europe including Great Britain and Ireland, Spain, Holland, France, Germany and those countries in the region. The Eastern zone will address our audience from Eastern Europe through to Australasia including Turkey, India, Malaysia, The Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. You can attend any or all of the sessions if you wish, although the presentation will be the same each time.

What do you need to do to attend?

All you need is access to a computer and the Internet, whether that is a PC or a Mac. You don't need any special software but you will need sound or earphones.

To register and receive an invitation with confirmation of exact times and dates, please send an email to webinar@amazonclicks.com .

We'll look forward to welcoming you in September!

Pete

Friday, March 20, 2009

Some interesting stats from our project!

Would you believe that in the seven months (yes, just seven months!) since we first started this project a staggering 76,731 page views have taken place in the forum alone. Unlike open websites every one has been about our project!

There have been a total of 4,301 posts in 221 topics and, on average, 360 page views take place every day.

It might also surprise you to know that an average of 20 posts take place every day.

The one interesting stat I don't have at hand is how many hours in total have been spent online working on The Book, but I can reveal that just under 1,000 hours (933) have been dedicated by the top ten contributors alone! That's the equivalent 25 full-time working weeks so far.

And this is just the Forum so work offline researching, writing, editing or in the Wikis isn't included in these numbers!

What a truly splendid effort and little wonder that such a brilliant manuscript is being created.

Just another 8 1/2 months to go!
Pete