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Complete Guide to Google Wave, First Edition Has Shipped

Complete Guide to Google Wave, First Edition

The champagne has popped. The ship has sailed. We’re done.

What have we done?

  • 195 pages of writing with full-color illustration and pics
  • A printed and eBook version
  • A free online version

The Complete Guide to Google Wave book, which we published as a 90-page preview edition back at the end of November, is now all grown up. We added two new chapters, completely re-wrote some old ones, incorporated reader feedback, added tons more pics, and now offer not only online and in PDF but also as a print edition.

It’s been five months since we began production for this project. We’ve sold over 1,200 copies of the preview edition (look for the free upgrade to the First Edition, for you early customers, via email). We’ve had millions of visitors to the site and countless thousands of tweets, re-tweets and blog posts. And we’re still the first book on Google Wave to hit the shelves.

But that’s not the best part. The best part is being recognized by the guys at Google who started it all. Lars and Jens, who are the brains behind Google Wave (and before that, Google Maps), are fans of ours too. Lars even wrote the forward for the First Edition.

What are you waiting for? Buy now

You can read more about the publishing backstory here.

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The Complete Guide to Google Wave – the eBook published by 3ones

Book Cover

Book Cover

With much pride in our work, we announce the arrival of our first published eBook, the Complete Guide to Google Wave, by Gina Trapani with Adam Pash. It’s the first book published about Google Wave. The book is also free to share. Free as in freedom. Free as in, download, share, copy, recycle, re-mix and re-factor. It’s  yours, yours, yours, and yours. You’re all welcome.

Published the Wiki Way

The guide went live a few weeks ago as a wiki first. Gina and Adam continue to write it and edit it. Which is to say, it’s no longer just a book but a truly collaborative book that exists online. If you buy a PDF copy, download it to your kindle or desktop and enjoy. If someone loans you a copy, do the same. But remember…

Credits:

If you think our work was valuable, show it by contributing to the wiki, buying the eBook, or both.

Watch this Space

We’ll be using our site to tell the complete story behind the Complete Guide to Google Wave. We have planned releasing four editions over the next twelve months. As we explore the economics of this open publishing model during that time we’ll share our insights into the business of book publishing in the eBook/Wiki era.

Enjoy!

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