Woman: “You write a book.”
Me: “Why?”
Woman: “I thought you would write a book someday, because you look like that.”
That day was my 20th birthday. A woman in her thirties at my boarding house gave me a colored paper, and we had this conversation. At that time, I was working as an apprentice carpenter at a construction company, and I felt like I was missing the point.
On the colored paper presented,
“Don’t try to live straight. Isn’t nature, with its many twists and turns, also beautiful?”
It was written. Did this person also have many ups and downs?
More than 40 years have passed since then. Even during that long period of time, there were times when I thought, “I should write a book.” The only book that looked like a book was the “Ocarina Book” sold at Amazon’s Kindle Store.
Documents that are compiled into several pages, such as the course textbooks used in computer classes, remain on the computer. If this was properly summarized and published as a book, there would be no need to create similar documents over and over again.
There aren’t many books in bookstores that are only a few pages long and can be snapped shut. The only books I can find are those that have a proper spine, a table of contents, a well-designed binding, are printed by a printing shop rather than a printer, and are published by a publisher.
I have the impression that editing and proofreading are something that involves many people.
But can’t that be done online? That’s what I think. With the Internet, you can always read new, revised books without having to buy new revised editions. So I thought it would be great if people could read it on tablets and smartphones.
My current hope is to publish it someday once the content is finalized.
I am currently thinking of the following books: The name written below is a tentative name; the official title has not been decided yet.
music book
computer book
picture book
Books for people with cerebral palsy
A book for parents of children with disabilities
My spiritual book
Bookstores are stocked with many specialized books in specific fields. If you search the internet, you can find many professional examples. You can also watch many videos with timely explanations on YouTube and other sites.
New terms are being created one after another, and many people may feel that time is moving too fast. Therefore, when I write technical content here, I try to make it as easy to understand as possible, at least by replacing terminology with everyday language.
To read this book, follow the links and read them in order like a normal book. Eventually, you will be able to print page by page.
The meaning of leaving it on paper
I use this site as my own experiment with the goal of eventually publishing a book. While thinking about this, what is it that makes you wonder, “What is the purpose of that?”
The significance of preserving a collection called “books”
I think there is a point in keeping it as a book once the information has been compiled to a certain extent. Even if much of the content is already known, under current law, the rights of the author are guaranteed.
Therefore, if you publish and make a profit, you can earn money in various ways.
Publications in the form of books can be carried by anyone. It will be displayed in a bookstore or on your bookshelf at home. I think I have been seeking the form of a “published book” with the vague idea that it would be the final form that would be read by as many people as possible.
As for myself, lately I’ve only been reading e-books and haven’t read any paper books other than those in my library. That will continue to be the case. If that’s the case, I can’t help but think about what the point of publishing a paper book is.
For example, if data on a computer is constantly updated using paper as a medium.
This title…I’m sorry for the sudden and confusing analogy.
If we look at office work at a company, we use paper as a medium to carry out the work. This will probably continue to be the case since the division of labor has been occurring since the beginning of human civilization.
At that time, paper with the same contents such as order slips, work slips, delivery notes, invoices, receipts, delivery slips, and receipts are always attached to each work process.
On the other hand, what would happen if you decided to do each procedure on paper when updating the program data used on your computer? A work order will be sent to you by mail, and you will have to do this and that to update it. Once completed, please sign and return the work report. That’s not normal.
In the case of computers, if there is a problem, the person writing the program directly rewrites the data. So, the user just needs to execute the menu called Update. If there is a major update, the version will change and an update will be performed. The user does not see how the data changes during the process.
Modern books can be said to be data for programs that enrich our daily lives. If that’s the case, I think it would be possible to first buy only the “right to read” or pay for a subscription (how much per month, etc.), and then update or renew. Readers can always read the latest version on their smartphones, tablets, or computers.
I will set up a book that can be read with a subscription.
Therefore, this book (link below) is not actually displayed on the top menu. Moreover, even though it is paid, the full text is posted here. However, the linked site “note.com” sells each episode for 100 yen. I’ll be writing something small every day, so I hope you’ll enjoy reading it as a bonus on this site.
short, short (short story)
Even though I’m saying that somehow
After all, I want to publish a book! That’s what I really mean. There is no change in aiming for that. I want to do everything I can until then. I thought it would be interesting to show the progress along the way.
From now on, I will enjoy writing books. In spring, little birds chirp, singing happily and flying through the sky.