O’Reilly editor hacks: Rough Cuts |
Loading ...Ever wanted to peek inside and actually be part of a book’s rough draft process, giving feedback to the author and editors that actually may change the finall published content? O’Reilly seeks to do just that with their Rough Cuts beta service. I can see how this service would be useful for non-fiction, but not sure we’ll ever see it used for fiction, which I don’t think O’Reilly publishes anyway. Anybody heard of something like this used for fiction?
The Rough Cuts pricing seems in line with final book pricing with the AJAX Hacks book costing $14.99 US for online access only and $32.99 US for both print book and online access and can be purchased through Safari — yes, a Safari subcription is required — which is O’Reilly’s online books program starting at $9.95/month (or $109.99 annually) and allowing access to up to 5 new books per month and goes all the way up to a 30 slot bookshelf. They also have a Safari Max service which gives 30% discounts on books and a few other benefits for more money.
[…] Some of these posts I passed on simply because of timing and circumstance, or because I felt there were already too many posts out there that were too similar. Or, in some cases, some of these posts will still appear someday in the future. Perhaps on a slower or more relevant news day. This is a little bit like the Rough Cuts gig O’Reilly is trying. Rough draft material can be scary. Then again, I still consider a lot of this blog stuff rough draft material, which frankly has been one of the great allures for me. […]
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i am not impressed with o’reilly’s ‘rough cuts’ policy. two problems which i see with it are:
1. o’reilly’s safari department fails to offer books on important topics to regular safari subscribers, unless the subscribers are willing to pay extra for the material. o’reilly’s coverage of introductory material on Ajax is a good example.
2. the ‘rough cuts’ policy invites people to make contributions to a book, and then charges them for the ‘privilege’ of doing so.
Comment by tom arnall — March 1, 2006 @ 4:45 pm PST
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