Today I agreed to complete a 2nd edition of “Playing With The Past” – Springer persuaded me there was a market for an updated book due to over 10,000 downloads. But I know there is *a lot* to update over the last 11 years. Sigh. Time for some surgically precise, concise, editing.
Are second editions of specialist academic books worth the rewrite? Springer asked me to consider a second edition of Playing With the Past (https://lnkd.in/gXYH5Uy), as 10,000 chapters have been downloaded..but it requires some work to update it.
Apparently, 20% can be rewritten but as most of the main chapters were written in 2003-4, updated before publication in 2011, to update to 2021 will be quite some work. There weren’t so many books and papers in the area when I started! On the other hand it is an opportunity to review what I was trying to determine in 2001-2004 during my PhD candidature. And I would love to replace the original cover. Decisions, decisions!
#CFP Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (Springer Science)
Special Issue on Virtual and Mixed Reality in Culture and Heritage:
Details: https://www.syros.aegean.gr/users/dgavalas/SI_PUC_VR_MR.pdf
This special issue solicits research related to Virtual and Mixed Reality in Culture and
Heritage. Authors are encouraged to submit articles presenting original and
innovative studies that address new challenges and implications and explore the
potential of immersive technologies in museums, galleries, heritage sites and
art/cultural institutions.
Guest Editors:
Damianos Gavalas, University of the Aegean, Greece dgavalas@aegean.gr
Stella Sylaiou, Hellenic Open University, Greece, sylaiou@gmail.com
Vlasios Kasapakis, University of the Aegean, Greece, v.kasapakis@aegean.gr
Elena Dzardanova, University of the Aegean, Greece, lena@aegean.gr
Important Dates:
Submission: July 31, 2019
1st round notification: Sept 30, 2019
Revision deadline: Nov 15, 2019
Final notification: Dec 31, 2019
Expected publication: 4nd Q 2020
According to Springer, my first (last?) book will be out October 29 2010.
http://www.springer.com/computer/information+systems+and+applications/book/978-1-84996-500-2
when I get a chance I must thank everyone who helped with case studies, images, references. They have been magnificent. The publication deadline was insane (my fault, not the publishers), so if there is a second edition I vow to catch and remedy any issues or errors that might pop up. Anyway, good to see it is in the pipeline, I really must ask if an image can go on the cover for the online version. And I promise the book is a little more interesting than the author bio. Ouch, must remedy that.
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