# Crowdsourced Book Editors 'The Effortless Life' is on Google Docs so That Anyone Can Add or Edit By Meghan Young | Published 2011-07-14 | Business Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-effortless-life References: [psfk](http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/leo-babautas-new-publicly-written-book-on-google-docs.html) & [docs.google](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dUl-rFn2gaR7eevJYHZkTkKEE1Ex_xMYvmI7T4WDnKM/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1) Leo Babuata has written a book titled 'The Effortless Life.' Although that in itself is quite the feat (many people say they want to write a book but never get around to it), he has decided to make it available to the public in a very interesting and innovative way. Written in Google Docs as a public document, he allows anyone to edit and even add to 'The Effortless Life.' An experimental project of sorts, 'The Effortless Life' will actually [get published](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/note-to-draft). In fact, [crowdsourced contributors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/scienhub) will be credited at the end of the book once it is (of course, they must not forget to add their names). Considering that 'The Effortless Life' is a book about life, majority of people would be able to contribute if they wanted. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 0.9/10 - Popularity: 4% | Activity: 16% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 10% men, 90% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Business](https://www.trendhunter.com/business) > [Books](https://www.trendhunter.com/books) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Crowdsourced Writing:** Writing projects that allow the public to contribute and edit content offer a disruptive innovation opportunity for collaborative content creation. - **Public Collaboration:** Increasing public participation in creating and shaping content through platforms like Google Docs presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for collaboration and shared ownership. - **Transparent Authorship:** Publicly acknowledging and crediting contributors in published works creates a disruptive innovation opportunity for inclusive authorship and community engagement. ### Where This Applies - **Publishing:** Integrating crowdsourced editing and contributions into the publishing process could provide a disruptive innovation opportunity to increase audience engagement and expand content creation. - **Technology:** Developing platforms and tools that enable seamless collaborative writing experiences for the public presents a disruptive innovation opportunity to revolutionize content creation and distribution. - **Education:** Incorporating crowdsourced writing projects into educational settings offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for interactive learning experiences and student involvement in creating educational resources. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [AI Business Book Creators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/first-book-ai.md) - [Effective Productivity Strategies](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/64hacks.md) - [Daily Self-Improvement Record Keeping](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-book-of-life.md) - [Live Collaborative Editing Features](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/photoshop-co-editing.md) - [All-in-One Novelist Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/novelitist.md) - [Collaborative Art Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/everyone-draw.md) - [AI-Driven Book Writing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-book-writer.md) - [Cloud-Based AI Editing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/typelets.md) - [Collaborative Insights Sharing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/collabwriting.md)