abstract
This “book-length” collection entitled The New Work of Composing examines the complex and semiotically rich challenges and opportunities posed by new modes of composing, new forms of rhetoric, new concepts of texts and textuality, and new ways of making meaning. In particular, this multimodal, digital book will explore how digital media are shaping our understanding of scholarly projects within composition studies. In so doing, it will address the need to re-think what constitutes the “book” in an era of “born digital” scholarship.

status

• 12/08: Table of contents selected
• Update 10/09: prospectus accepted by Computers and Composition Digital Press; chapters under review; revision feedback for authors expected by 12/09.

accompanying materials

• call for chapters
• prospectus (pdf)
• interface prototype
• introduction
• email of acceptance from CCDP editors (pdf)

abstract
RAW (Reading & Writing) New Media is an edited collection of contemporary theoretical and pedagogical issues in new media studies. Chapters are written by a range of digital writing studies scholars, from graduate students to full professors. There is an accompanying website to the book.

status

• In progress: Prospectus and four chapters go to MIT Press in November 2006, for consideration. 18 chapters are in final editing stages.
• Accepted for publication: Book is forthcoming from Hampton Press (Fall/Winter 2009) with 21 chapters.
• In press/Update 9/12/09: Final proofs have been checked.
• In press/Update 10/20/09: Index has been completed.
  

accompanying materials

• prospectus
• annotated table of contents [prospectus draft]
• index proofs [pdf]
• website