[p2p-research] p2p in action: how about a peer book award?

[Michel Bauwens]

great idea ... though without money award, it may be difficult to get
traction,

also: very time intensive ...

we could also have some form of collective voting, with people sending via
email, the list of preferred p2p books ....

worth pursuing!!

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Tomas Rawlings <tom at fluffylogic.net> wrote:

> There are lots of book awards, the Booker springs to mind - so I was
> thinking how would a p2p book award work (and if this is a good idea, I'll
> turn the discussion into a post...)
> I guess from a starting point we could have an award for a book about p2p
> As a second there is the selection and judging process - which naturally
> would be done by p2p...
>
> So here's an idea;
>
> Criteria - fiction and non-fiction; any format ebook, PDF (though how do we
> judge difference between a long article and a book - and does it matter?),
> comics must be published or re-issued within last 12 months.
>
> Selection - people propose books for the first round.  To pass into the
> second we'd take the book that are 'seconded' by the most number of people
> in the group.  This would give us say 5 books in each category that go
> forward.
>
> Judging - then other people who have not proposed, seconded or read the
> finalists get a copy of the book and read them then come to a consensuses of
> the winner...
>
> What do people think?
>
> --
> Tomas
>
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