- Realtime Publishers
Realtime Publishers (Also known as Realtimepublishers.com or RTP) is a
San Francisco -based corporate-sponsored e-publishing company. Their publications are released for distribution on a chapter-by-chapter basis, as they are written. This concept of publishing in "real time" is intended to provide readers with up-to-date information on today's critical IT topics.A typical (RTP) publication is sponsored by a corporation or other organization, which works with RTP to develop the concept and title for the book and with an author to develop the outline. Although sponsors often provide fact-checking reviews, sponsors are not permitted to influence subjective material such as opinions and recommendations. Sponsors' products or services are not typically highlighted or given better placement than competing products and services.
The "real time" concept has the author writing approximately one chapter per month, which is then tech-edited, fact-checked, copy-edited, and then released. Different projects may adopt different schedules to accommodate authors' schedules and the complexity of the topic. RTP releases all of its books for free in
PDF format.History
RTP was founded by Sean Daily, who at the time wrote the monthly "Daily Answers" column, a Q&A-format column for what is now known as [http://www.winitpro.com Windows IT Pro Magazine] . The column led to RTP's Tips and Tricks Guide series of books, which use a similar format to present information.
Current leadership
Bailey Sory is the company's current CEO. Technology author and journalist Don Jones is the company's CTO and Series Editor.
External links
* [http://www.realtimepublishers.com Realtime Publishers home page]
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