Here, friends, is the introduction to my new book, Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way we Work and Live, complete and free. It’s a summary of the thinking in the book.
The excerpt is in Scribd because that maintains the formatting and pretty typography. (Click on the full-screen button at the bottom of the player to blow it up, or click on the link atop to go to the Scribd page.)
Also, below, is the audio version of the intro — with me at the mic, oft-edited.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t tell you that you can go here for links to preorder the book, which is released on Sept. 27. And here is the schedule for the book tour, as it stands.
Public Parts by Jeff Jarvis – Read the Introduction
Here’s the audio excerpt. (If it’s not showing up, try this link; the embed has been a bit wonky for me.) By the way, audiobook fans, you can’t preorder the audio version — oddly — but it will be on sale promptly on Sept. 27.
Let me know what you think. I know you will…..
This is going to be great. I can’t wait to get the audiobook.
Me too
[...] el hecho de compartir puede mejorar nuestro trabajo y nuestra vida cotidiana. El propio autor ha hecho pública la introducción del libro, que comparto aquí para todos los lectores de EScomunicación, además de incluirla en [...]
I am so thankful that you are dong this. It is rare to read a history book at the time the great paradigm changes are happening before us.. an astounding accomplishment
Excellent first chapter of a book. This is an absolute read. I am planning to develop a course on social media and public health education, and I think I am going to keep this book as a required text.
I don’t expect to get a balanced view if you conclude your introductory chapter stating that this book is an advocate for publicness.
It is really hard to find a dividing line between openness and narcissism. I fear that the majority of traffic falls in the latter category.
Who said I should be “balanced.” I have a viewpoint. If I didn’t have a perspective, it’d be a damned boring book.
If and when you read it, I think you will find that I am very respectful to issues of privacy, working hard to study its history and find a definition and find means to protect it.
But my stand in this book is that privacy is being well-protected and I fear that publicness and its tools — this very net — are vulnerable to control by others. That is the point of the book.
Dear Jeff,
sorry for the sidetrack. Definetely this is a fantastic book and it will be under my christmas tree.
Just was wondering as you are so much engaged and experienced in the electronic publishing markets under what circumstances you would go for an ebook only rather than a print ?
hi jeff,
since when does jeffjarvis.com re-direct to buzzmachine?
curious.
You had to know this was coming…. http://bit.ly/ivuDi
[...] Wednesday Jeff Jarvis released an excerpt from his upcoming book Public Parts, which examines how technology has influenced what he calls “publicness,” and how our changing perspective of privacy can positively effect our lives as individuals and professionals. [...]
Hi,
Will you be releasing each (all) of the other chapters in the same way?
Surely the answer must be “yes.” (but I have a feeling this is just a marketing technique)
I ferreted out this direct link to the .mp3 for those of you with Flash aversion like me:
http://books.simonandschuster.com/audio_excerpts/9781442346604.mp3
Thanks, Jeff, great first chapter!
Will there be a Dutch translation soon Jeff?
Don’t have a Dutch publisher yet.
Hey Jeff
Its been a long term coming!
I really enjoyed What would Google Do? I will definitely get out there and either get the audio book or the Kindle version for my iPad.
Thank you and I hope it really sells well!
best regards
John
[...] institutions. When we open up, we gain new chances to learn, connect, and collaborate.”–Jeff Jarvis, Public Parts, [...]
Thank you
Thank you very much for having the audio version available here. A very good reader, and writer.
Something to think about.