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A long overdue review of [i:1ccc0vlt]The Oxford Companion To Beer[/i:1ccc0vlt], now published[/url:1ccc0vlt].

This book has pride of place in my bog. I think it's great, but for reasons you've mentioned I wouldn't swear by any of it.

Lots of great bog-sized articles indeed.

The OC Beer Commentary wiki is the required companion to the Oxford Companion: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="ocbeercommentary.wikispaces.com/">ocbeercommentary.wikispaces.com/.

It's the errata site to go with the book, effectively.



There's been some great commentary on the controversy but to me it highlights the fact that a traditional editorial process just doesn't cut it in the internet and web 2.0/"social web" world. The editorial process itself needs to be opened up to take advantage of all the knowledge of passionate people on the internet, IMHO. Yes, it means some of the valuable intellectual property that comes out of such a book will be available on the internet and might reduce the number of people who decide to purchase the book but I don't see a way around it if you want to create a definitive reference material like this...


TBN, I have no doubt you have some opinions on this subject and I'd LOVE to hear your take.


Adam

&amp;quot;Biertourist&amp;quot;:11f2n4y1 wrote: The OC Beer Commentary wiki is the required companion to the Oxford Companion: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="ocbeercommentary.wikispaces.com/">ocbeercommentary.wikispaces.com/.

It's the errata site to go with the book, effectively.[/quote:11f2n4y1]Meant to link to that in the review but completely forgot -- thanks! Ninja edit!

I'm not sure what you mean about the editorial process. There are certainly OCB contributors who began as, and still primarily are, Internet commentators: Zak Avery and Ron Pattinson, for instance.

Nice work, TBN, and glad to hear that you declare one way or the other that it's worth buying - I had been on the fence.