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Note:
As of this writing, the E2 FreeBook Project has not been
officially sanctioned
to call itself
E2
anything. If the project turns out to offend, it will be removed, and I will set it up in a different way, under a different name. I respect the work done on
E2
greatly, and will not
infringement
on the name in any unwanted way. I simply find it to be the perfect place to begin
idealist
.
Note:
Despite several pats on the shoulder, I received nearly no members of the project. I was recommended to turn the goals over to the WikiBooks project, and have already begun talks with them. Permission for nuking granted.
The E2 FreeBook Project is the logical
next step
in
the Internet Revolution
, at least in this
noder
's humble mind. It is an extension of three intersection technological
wonder
s:
Electronic publishing
,
Print-on-Demand
, and of course,
E2
and similar (lesser)
knowledge centers
that have been born by
the internet
.
The
philosophy
is, that there is a severe
mismatch
between what competent people with very little effort can produce, and what the
industrial
and
commercial
sectors offer at inflated prices. Just about any
E2
noder
or talented
internet user
can put together archives of knowledge in a given
topic
, ranging from
Napoleon
to
genetics
. At the same time,
college
and
university
student
s the world over pay
extortionist
prices for
mass produced
books on such topics.
High school
and younger students, and a large part of societies with limited or no
educational infrastructure
, often cannot afford the luxury of
learning
beyond their level. Some cannot even afford to learn at all.
The E2 FreeBook Project has as its goal the following:
Connecting and organizing
noder
s, and
research
-minded non-noders, interested in providing the unfortunate (and basically anyone else) with free and/or cheap high-grade study books on topics at levels from
high-school
through
university
and
post-university learning
.
Structuring efforts of these people into the creation of books that will be offered for free (as
electronic books
) or cheaply (printed editions through
print-on-demand
services).
With sufficient books, create awareness about the existence of free/affordable study materials amongst those not fortunate enough to freely buy the far more expensive versions available.
Create awareness in
educational institutions
of high quality, low price/free materials for use in
teaching
, especially where said
institutions
lack
funding
to easily provide the level of
education
that future generations need and deserve.
Though printed editions are priced as low as possible, the intent is to leave room for a small profit, which will be donated to
E2
in an effort to make it the primary
base of operations
for the project (hence its name).
How to participate
Participation
in the E2 FreeBook Project does not necessarily require a
PhD
; all books will be based around the need for adequatedly educated supervision, but elements like
research
and some
editing
, even
draft
writing, are open to anyone with the interest in aiding those
less fortunate
than the rest of us.
To participate, send an
email
to E2FreeBook___@___hotmail.com (remove _underscores_), detailing your
fields of interest
(
topic
s), your level and
field
of
education
, the sort of work you would like to participate in, and of course the amount of time you intend to devote. All this will go into
planning
assignments
, so that no
participant
is
overburdened
or lacks
things to do
.
In general, participants will be
organized
into '
flexible
groups'. This means that should a participant lack time or decide to leave,
workflow
can easily be rerouted. In this way, the writing of books becomes a
community
endevour, not a burden on any single
individual
.
Workflow
The
intent
is to use the highly
flexible
nature of
E2
as a
production
platform
to develop books on. This has been tried before, and is an interesting way to develop books in a
public forum
. Content can be added flowingly, until a complete
product
is achieved. And, of course, after that has been turned into a FreeBook, these E2 nodes will serve as a
forum
for updating the material, until another
edition
of the book is in order.
Organizing
the creation of FreeBooks will be the work of a central, dedicated group, at the time consisting of
cognis
and whoever I may draw upon. This group will do the
work
of asking around who can write what, and converting final results into publishable
e-book
s and
book
s.
Long-term goals
Aside from
world domination
and
sacrificing virgins
to
The Elder Ones
, the long-term goals of the E2 FreeBook Project is to provide a well-stocked
library
of books to lighten the cost of
education
for
young people
.
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