Since the book is part underlying concepts, part examples from field and literature, part cautions or warnings (lessons learned, tips, etc.), and part 'how-to' or 'homework' assignments. The abovementioned items should help them too. Some readers will want a sense of how far they have gone and how much further there is to go. Overall, your work is a fairly sequential development of the ideas being presented. I imagine that some of the visual 'furniture' of an illustrated book will provide these wayfinding guideposts, but the text should support that too. Some readers will be looking for guidance on what are the tree most important ideas in this section.

Many readers will skim headings and summary points to find parts that are of particular interest to them even once they are inside the main text and away from the outline/table of contents. Each section could probably use some transition text/ orientation text, very brief summary of what was just covered, and a promise for what is to come. The book is indeed large and it is a little difficult to follow in this online format (My guess is that the printed version will be easier for some readers). Email me if you want to discuss using content from the site. Please do not excerpt any of this for use as it is all in an early draft form. I apologize for the condensed presentation of the text I was working via both the wiki and a traditional word processor and the two programs were not always aligned when it comes to formatting. This draft does not include illustrations, photographs, or citations. They are named in the book you can meet some of them on the Awesome Helpers page. Thank you to all participants, who helped make this book much, much better.

From Jan 18-29, an intrepid group participated as copy-editors of the book via this page. From Dec 18-Jan 18, I integrated these comments into the final version of the text. During this time the updates became more detailed. From Nov 3 - Dec 16, several people used this wiki to edit and comment on the third draft, which you can access via this detailed outline. During this time, I shared my weekly progress in short updates. The wiki features the first three drafts of the text, which were written from Jan-Nov 2009. That site will feature the full text of the final manuscript here. The book is currently being formatted with a planned final release in March 2010. This is a wiki that was used in the development of my book, The Participatory Museum.

The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon