Author of Steve Jobs’ biography turns to the Web to edit new book
Monday, December 30, 2013 at 7:16PM
Nicole Batac in First Looks, Lifestyle, News, WWalter isaacson, crowdsource, digital era, editing, online editing

Walter Isaacson, author of the Steve Jobs biography, is taking to the internet to edit a new book about the beginnings and development of today’s digital age. Isaacson has posted parts of his new book on online publishing platforms such as LiveJournal, Medium, and Scribd to have interested parties browse through the passages and state any corrections or notes.

"One of the things I learned is the original intention of the internet was to allow collaboration on projects, and we got away from that, especially with the World Wide Web," he said in an interview with Capital. "I'm trying to find a good service that will allow people to collaborate or to crowdsource some ideas."

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