When are the books published?

There is no announced date, which is why none is printed here. A title moves from "in preparation" to a link on the day the file exists, and the changelog says so when it does.

Do I have to give an email address to get them?

No. Nothing on this site sits behind a form, and these will not either. When a title is finished it becomes a link, not a lead-capture step.

Will they cost anything?

No. They are free to read, in the browser, with no account.

Can I read anything on these subjects now?

Yes. The four live pages listed above cover the same ground at a shorter length: the dispatch, the locale reference, how quality works, and the lexicon.

Why publish the outlines before the books?

So you can tell us the chapter we got wrong before it is written. The outline is the cheapest moment to be corrected.

Can I quote or reuse them once they are out?

A licence will be printed on each title when it is published. Until one is, none is named. A licence promised in advance is a licence nobody can check.

Will there be a PDF or an ebook file?

The format is not decided, so none is promised. What is decided is that whatever ships will be readable on the web without a download.

How will I know when one is out?

Every publication is a dated line in the changelog, and the dispatch carries the announcement. Neither needs a subscription to read.

four books, still being written

Four books,
none finished yet.

Four long-form titles on localization are being written. They will land here, free and ungated, on the day they are finished and not one draft sooner. Until then the outlines below say what each one covers, so you can decide whether it is worth waiting for.

four titles

none published yet

what each book covers

What each one covers.

None of these is finished, so none of them is offered as a download. The cover slots are placeholders and will stay that way until there is art to put in them.

PlaceholderCover art for The Boring Localization Book. Not designed yet.

title i

The Boring Localization Book

The argument in full. Why language belongs on the same rails as code, what a gate is for, and what actually changes in a team once a locale stops being a project.

outline written

no date announced

in preparation

PlaceholderCover art for A First Multi-Locale Launch. Not designed yet.

title ii

A First Multi-Locale Launch

Sequencing, right-to-left, pricing pages, legal copy and the support load that arrives a week later. Written in the order a first launch meets them rather than the order a table of contents wants.

outline written

no date announced

in preparation

PlaceholderCover art for The Gate Handbook. Not designed yet.

title iii

The Gate Handbook

Placeholder integrity, plural completeness, glossary terminology and length, one chapter each: what the check actually asserts, what it cannot see, and how to read a refusal.

drafting

no date announced

in preparation

PlaceholderCover art for Notes on Plural Rule Sets. Not designed yet.

title iv

Notes on Plural Rule Sets

Why 224 languages disagree about counting, what CLDR encodes, and the design decisions that fall out of a language with six forms when your button was built for two.

drafting

no date announced

in preparation

read this meanwhile

Read these instead.

Four pages that already cover the ground the books will cover, at a shorter length.

All four are live now.

FAQs

What people ask about titles that are not finished yet.

When are the books published?: There is no announced date, which is why none is printed here. A title moves from "in preparation" to a link on the day the file exists, and the changelog says so when it does.
Do I have to give an email address to get them?: No. Nothing on this site sits behind a form, and these will not either. When a title is finished it becomes a link, not a lead-capture step.
Will they cost anything?: No. They are free to read, in the browser, with no account.
Can I read anything on these subjects now?: Yes. The four live pages listed above cover the same ground at a shorter length: the dispatch, the locale reference, how quality works, and the lexicon.
Why publish the outlines before the books?: So you can tell us the chapter we got wrong before it is written. The outline is the cheapest moment to be corrected.
Can I quote or reuse them once they are out?: A licence will be printed on each title when it is published. Until one is, none is named. A licence promised in advance is a licence nobody can check.
Will there be a PDF or an ebook file?: The format is not decided, so none is promised. What is decided is that whatever ships will be readable on the web without a download.
How will I know when one is out?: Every publication is a dated line in the changelog, and the dispatch carries the announcement. Neither needs a subscription to read.