News this week:

• TextCamp registration is going well. If you’re free on 13th August, why not come along? Please note that the venue is now TBC: http://textcamp2011.eventbrite.com
• Four new words this week for all: quail, magic, garter and elephant: http://openshakespeare.org/word
• New button on Open Literature and Open Shakespeare: 5 ways to help out in 5 minutes: http://openliterature.net/five-ways
• Using the annotateit API and Scribus, there is now a mock-up ‘open critical edition’ of Hamlet online: http://bit.ly/qaDLHd
• Welcome to our new volunteers!

Some things that you might like to do:

• Join us for a chat on Skype at 5pm on Monday 1st August (6pm in the UK, 7pm in Western Europe, 1pm in Massachusetts)
• Email your comments on our mock-up edition of Hamlet to this list: http://bit.ly/qaDLHd
• Comment on / email observations about the state of our application to Inventare il Futuro: http://bit.ly/qrPb0r
• Tell me whether you think a print-on-demand edition of word of the day articles as a ‘Shakespeare A-Z’ would be a good idea / promotional tool for Open Shakespeare.