I'm looking into writing a somewhat disorganized book. To make this work, here's the structure I've been considering so far. For lack of a better name, I'm calling this a webbook, the "web" part referring to its use of internal hyperlinks rather than its availability on the internet. It must have these properties:

1. It's meant to be read without consulting external links. Any external links act as traditional references. Thanks to this property, it can be consulted offline like a traditional book.
2. Chapters are partially-ordered i.e. some chapters are prerequisites to others. This forms a dependency graph, a DAG. Hyperlinks to prerequisites are highlighted so the reader knows they are strict prerequisites.

So, it's like an ordinary website or wiki except that it's guaranteed to not be circular and it can be consulted offline. It's like a textbook except its content is original. Unlike a novel or - ahem - propaganda that passes for philosophy, there will be no cover-to-cover narrative.

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