As followers of books, particularly of their bodily format, it’s our nice pleasure to launch 8080 Books, an imprint of Microsoft. Our first title, No Prize for Pessimism, is authored by Sam Schillace, deputy chief expertise officer at Microsoft, and is accessible immediately. Our second title, Platform Mindset, by Marcus Fontoura, shall be accessible later this yr.
Computing has turn out to be an important ingredient to virtually each endeavor on our planet, and, as college students of each Microsoft and expertise, our aim with 8080 Books is to publish authentic analysis, concepts and insights on the intersection of science, expertise and enterprise, and, in doing so, to assist advance discourse on this vital panorama.
The title of our imprint takes its inspiration from the 8080 microprocessor — a basis for the corporate’s earliest software program breakthroughs. Not coincidentally, 8080 can also be the final 4 digits of Microsoft’s company headquarters cellphone quantity.
With a mixed tenure of, effectively, let’s simply say a very long time, we’re each aware of the wealthy effectively of expertise at Microsoft from which we will draw upon and publish underneath the 8080 Books imprint over time. Nonetheless, our intention is that we are going to search to make use of this not simply as a platform for Microsoft authors but additionally to showcase minds and concepts from exterior of the corporate.
Whereas we aren’t at present accepting unsolicited manuscripts, our web site does present extra particulars about our plans, resembling evaluating out of print titles that we really feel stay related to immediately’s leaders, and why we really feel the time is true to launch this imprint.
We hope you get pleasure from our launch title, which is out there right here, and we stay up for listening to your suggestions, questions and concepts as we embark on this new journey.
For anybody within the Puget Sound space, we invite you to Schillace’s first studying and signing at Brick & Mortar Books, on Wednesday, Dec. 11 in Redmond, Washington. Verify right here for particulars. House is proscribed.
