I'm also writing a book (non-fiction), and thinking about trying out some of
the collaborative authoring platforms I discovered when doing some research
for a project in this works:
http://www.coactivate.org/projects/disintermedia/existing-authoring-platforms
Does anyone have any experience with any of the platforms in this list
(including any information about software dependencies and licensing for
them), or any free code platforms you'd suggest I try?
Since my book is a solo project, at the moment, the simplest solution seems
to be using text files, and sync them to an ownCloud server (eg
OpenMailBox.org). However, once I have a complete first draft (or maybe
second draft ;) if would be cool to allow people to help identify typos and
mistakes as they read, and push suggested fixes back to me through a GIT-like
workflow.
