Android book to be produced in wiki format

18.08.2010
has taken the mobile world by storm, so it's no surprise that foray into the smartphone market would become the subject of numerous books written to explain the technology.

One upcoming book called the certainly won't be the first on the mobile operating system, but the author is taking an interesting tack by setting up a wiki to let readers contribute to the book before it is published.

"I'm looking forward to readers nitpicking my book," says Kevin Purdy, a contributing editor at , and the author of the upcoming  

The book is nearly finished, with about 15 chapters and various tutorials designed primarily for a non-technical audience. In late August or early September the text will be available publicly at in a wiki format, allowing readers to suggest edits. That doesn't mean every suggested edit will make its way into the final book, but the input of readers could help expand the guide or correct mistakes.

Searching for Android books on turns up hundreds of results, while a more targeted search for "Google Android" turns up 76. Many of these books are written for application developers, including one due out in November titled "Android Application Development for Dummies."