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Our wiki is a known repository. It supports wiki syntax and passes through HTML syntax. No, it is not a file system but there is support for categories that can be used similarly with the additional feature of multiple categories for the same page. eProduction also uses our pages. I don't understand the idea of needing folder support since you can easily build a master page and link everything from there. It is a great place for collaborative documentation and specifications, and can be linked easily to a discussion page in this forum.
Dale
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Yes. I tend to agree on this. I've got stuff that has been posted here, Pablo's tutorial is here, Diap and Kevin, etc., all post on the wiki...and while I would never say, "
everybody who's anybody posts here," it's kinda sorta true.
Yes, some folks who have been around a while don't (usually commercial producers who don't have any interest in sharing the info, or folks like Liz who, while contributing heavily via her blog, is also selling books on the topic), but...there is an inherent conflict of interest for the people who do this professionally. We can all act like there isn't, but there is, no matter what. So the people who know the most, who learn the most through the daily grind, are the least likely to add to anything, whether it's a wiki or a github repository. I know of at least 5 commercial producers who would
never in a billion years contribute here or at KDP Forums, or anyplace else. Fortunately, we have a number of commercial producers here that do contribute, but ALL of us have secret sauce that we don't share. ALL. Whether it's scripts, tricks, knowledge...it just IS. And given the ever-increasing presence of DIY this or that or browser-based systems, etc. (all contributing to author-publishers knowing LESS about what it takes to make the books, not MORE), it's hardly surprising that commercial producers are less likely to "donate" knowledge.
I won't bore everyone here with my own experiences with this, but suffice to say,
every commercial producer that's been around for >5 years has had at least one, more likely, several experiences that are VERY off-putting in the "contribute knowledge" arena.
Vis-à-vis Liz:
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(Aside: does Liz ever hit up MobileRead? Her blog has helped me out of some tight spots and I really respect her trailblazing ways.)
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...I think I remember seeing her post here once? Does that sound right, @Dale? She may post in some of the sub-forums I don't inhabit, of course, like the Lounge (I'm almost never there) or some of the author forums (ditto).
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...Basically, your best friend is Google.
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Myyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh, maybe. As with all things, there's a crapload of truly BAD information out there. I've lost track of the number of extremely popular, heavily-cited and linked-to, "Hey, you too can make your own book for Kindle by doing X-Y-Z!" blogs that are utter bollox. That have completely ERRONEOUS information. Fortunately, yes, there is MR. I strongly feel that any "repository" ought to be here, simply because so much of it already is.
FWIW.
Hitch