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Please add the following new book to the database:

Title: Open and Async
Subtitle: The collaborative software development playbook for remote and distributed teams
Author(s): Ben Balter
ISBN: 979-8-9957542-1-3
Publisher: Open & Async LLC
Publication Date Year: 2026
Publication Date Month: July
Publication Date Day: 21
Page count: 576
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Description:
Remote work failed because most teams just moved the office online. Drawing on a decade of experience at GitHub—the company that pioneered remote-first software development—Open and Async provides the playbook for building distributed teams that actually work. Not by recreating the office from home, but by embracing the practices that remote-native teams have refined for years—working in the open, defaulting to asynchronous communication, and measuring impact over input.

Link to book page (non-bookseller; publisher/author site):
https://open-and-async.com/press/

Cover image (flat 2D front cover, JPEG, 1856×2775):
https://open-and-async.com/press/cove...
Original source: published by Open & Async LLC; hosted on the publisher's own press kit.

Note: a companion ebook edition (ISBN 979-8-9957542-0-6, EPUB) shares the same on-sale date—please combine it under the same work when added.

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