We received an email after having shown Fidus Writer off at the Frankfurt Bookfair last fall to several of the university open access publishers. They wanted us to show the advantages of Fidus at their annual gathering in the East German town of Merseburg, just a few hours by train outside of Berlin. Three of us went — Takuto, Daniel and Johannes. Daniel presented on the issues publishers currently face with the workflow of both ebooks and physical publications. Johannes then showed some a little bit of Fidus Writer before a general debate on the viability of the various options to continue ensued.
- The audience was quite interested in Fidus writer
- Publishing workflows explained — most university publishers use one or several of those models Daniel showed
- It is good to know that university publishers are aware that a tools such as Fidus Writer is needed.
- After our presentation, the group went to see th Mereburg church from the middle ages