Refactoring the Publishing Process
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This paper dicusses how the technical book publishing process could address time to market and eBook issues through the adaptation of collaborative software engineering processes to the entire publishing process, from the initial authoring to the final preflight stages. We identify where, based on our own observations, the current process is flawed, then explore how it can be improved. While some of our suggestions are merely the adaptation and customisation of standard software development practices —source code management (SCM), defect tracking, testing and continuous integration, we also explore how research in Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), in particular the rôle of annotations in reading, could be applied to the process to significantly enhance the value of eBooks.
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