Knowing Knowledge, and releasing books online

http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/30/knowing-knowledge-and-releasing-books-online/

George Siemens is about to release a book:

Knowing Knowledge is an exploration of knowledge - what it is, how it is changing, and what it means to our organizations and society. Knowing Knowledge will be available for purchase (or download) by mid-September 2006.

There’s a blog for the book, and George intends to turn it into a kind of living document by placing it in a wiki.

The Internet is People was originally conceived as a book, and I still intend some of the ideas posted here to form the basis of a publication. It’s very interesting to see how web-orientated authors cope with the print medium, and George’s wiki move is a bold one. He’s not alone: Cory Doctorow has released all of his novels as free downloads to great success, for example.