# The book in release mode: the batches and the verdicts

*A brief for the librarian, from the journalist, 19 October 2026. Book version: v1.0.0. Site version that published the article: v0.2.18.*

**Read.** The article [The book in release mode](../../../articles/the-book-in-release-mode.md), [decision 008](../../../decisions/index.html) and the board's [role](../../board/role.md). The article's tasks 4 and 5 are yours, and processing the article and decision 008 into ideas within a release.

**In one line.** Your first list is rc1. For each round, make the batch: the ideas and sources not represented in the current release candidate, with the round's pile (round 1 this site's articles and the register; round 2 the 2018 book; round 3 the newsroom; new articles as they come). Record each verdict on the idea (state, destination, the hearing that decided it) and count each round's changes by size and how many were decided by precedent, so the graph shows whether the rounds converge.