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RE: https://mastodon.social/@alexobenauer/116578698443041700
We have extended the submission deadline to Monday, August 31!
We wanted to make sure folks have enough time to explore their wildest ideas.
Take some time this summer to write a chapter submission for Augment!
RE: https://mastodon.social/@alexobenauer/116578698443041700
We have also made a "proposals" form available if you'd like to get some feedback on your idea before a full submission. Some wonderful submissions have already filtered in that way!
And we have a "nominations" form if you'd like to submit a prompt for someone you'd like to see write in the book - a great prompt can be a wonderful gift, and we've found that custom-tailored prompts for specific people have helped bring some lovely thinking forward.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@alexobenauer/116578698443041700
We have also made a "proposals" form available if you'd like to get some feedback on your idea before a full submission. Some wonderful submissions have already filtered in that way!
And we have a "nominations" form if you'd like to submit a prompt for someone you'd like to see write in the book - a great prompt can be a wonderful gift, and we've found that custom-tailored prompts for specific people have helped bring some lovely thinking forward.
Today, I'm excited to announce our next title!
Augment is a forthcoming book featuring a collection of essays on the future of personal computing — specifically, on the kind we’d like to see more of in the future, and the ideas that might help us get there.
We’re opening a call for submissions today: https://buddybindery.com/pages/augment
We hope you’ll share it with those you think might write great essays for Augment, and even consider writing one yourself.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@alexobenauer/116578698443041700
Very excited to be a part of this, and to be writing about the things we want to see and experience and build, rather than responding to the avalanche of badness that's happening around us.
When we started our small press we set out to learn how to make great books - enduring in both content and construction - and we hoped we’d get the chance to bring others’ works to life within them.
For Augment, we turned to our good friend and prolific creator of novel user interfaces, John Underkoffler, who will be coeditor. Confirmed authors include Alan Kay, Alex McDowell, and Ben Fry.
We're excited to put what we've learned to use publishing new work by many thinkers & authors in Augment!
Today, I'm excited to announce our next title!
Augment is a forthcoming book featuring a collection of essays on the future of personal computing — specifically, on the kind we’d like to see more of in the future, and the ideas that might help us get there.
We’re opening a call for submissions today: https://buddybindery.com/pages/augment
We hope you’ll share it with those you think might write great essays for Augment, and even consider writing one yourself.
Ben Fry