U.K. publisher launches its first 'wiki' novel

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 This is an interesting collaborative writing experiment.  I read the first chapter or two, and it is not shaping up to be anything of interest.  I think it needs a good editor.

British publisher Penguin Books has launched a Web-based, collaborative novel that can be written, edited or read by anyone anywhere thanks to "wiki" software, the technology behind Web encyclopedia Wikipedia. News.com reports.

The novel, A Million Penguins went live on Thursday and its first lines are already being written, edited and rewritten by enthusiasts onwww.amillionpenguins.com.

... The experimental novel, which Penguin says is the first "wiki novel" to be started from scratch by a major publishing house, will be online for at least six weeks.

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