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Books Should Update as Software

Most books — especially technical ones — are treated as finished artifacts.

But the reality is: Knowledge changes Tools evolve Errors are discovered Better explanations emerge

In software, we accept continuous improvement as normal. In publishing, we still freeze books at “v1.0”.

I’m experimenting with this idea through a platform called Ulomira: authors publish once, and keep improving their book while it stays live.

I’m curious how others here think about this:

Should books be immutable? Or should they evolve like software?

Genuinely interested in feedback from authors and readers.

6 points fullstackragab 10 months ago 10 comments

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