Re: Publishing in Linux Format
Apologies for ignoring this thread for a while. It would be fantastic to have a regular page in Linux Format, and I'm grateful to the publishers for offering us this opportunity. However, I don't think we currently have the resources to produce a monthly page (particularly considering the deadlines that would be involved). That said, maybe we could manage to do a short column each month - I remember that the one that Michael Meeks did for Linux Format was a diary-style entry that was just two or three paragraphs. Allan -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: Publishing in Linux Format
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Tobias Mueller mue...@cryptobitch.dewrote: Heya :) On 17.09.2012 01:18, Emily Gonyer wrote: Whats the deadline? Well. It'd be every month. What format (PDF, ODT, etc) do they want/need articles to be in? I'd guess plain text. And plain images (like JPG or so). I don't think technical details matter much at this stage. I feel it's more important to actually have a few articles ready and to have someone that organises writing new ones. So it'd be cool anybody wants to take that job. Otherwise I guess we will refuse the offer to publish we received. Also, I thought Sri had a couple of articles held back Sri, can you comment on that? Sorry, I seem to have missed this. We have some articles but they are over a year old. I probably resend them if you like and see if there is any interest. Likely they will need to be refreshed. sri Cheers, Tobi -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: Publishing in Linux Format
Heya :) On 17.09.2012 01:18, Emily Gonyer wrote: Whats the deadline? Well. It'd be every month. What format (PDF, ODT, etc) do they want/need articles to be in? I'd guess plain text. And plain images (like JPG or so). I don't think technical details matter much at this stage. I feel it's more important to actually have a few articles ready and to have someone that organises writing new ones. So it'd be cool anybody wants to take that job. Otherwise I guess we will refuse the offer to publish we received. Also, I thought Sri had a couple of articles held back Sri, can you comment on that? Cheers, Tobi signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: Publishing in Linux Format
Hi, On 09/17/2012 01:18 AM, Emily Gonyer wrote: Whats the deadline? The deadline for October is last Friday (but perhaps we can still get in if we send something today or tomorrow - would need to ask Graham to be sure). After that, it's a deadline every 4 weeks (they do 13 issues per year). We can of course ask for the next deadline every month. What format (PDF, ODT, etc) do they want/need I imagine text or html would be fine - they will be laying out the magazine afterwards, so something they can copy paste from is likely to be best. articles to be in? 550 words isn't that many, and certainly sounds do-able. Highlighting one application or event a month (ie, Boston Summit for October), with screenshots and/or event photos. Perhaps if/when we did an application we could also do a short interview with one of the developers of it. Yeah, that's what I thought. Perhaps we could rotate - developer profile, GNOME application/shell extension of the month, news, announcement or event if it's appropriate. If we're asking for ideas to seed the application list, I'd suggest: GNOME Extensions: * Dash to Dock * Battery time remaining * Alternative Status Menu * Task Bar * Axe Menu GNOME applications: * GNOME Boxes * Pinta * MyPaint * Pinpoint * SimpleScan * Geary * BlueFish * OpenShot Also, I thought Sri had a couple of articles held back that we'd talked about using for getting the GNOME Journal going again a couple months ago, though I'm not sure what ever became of them. Wasn't the plan to regularly publish original content to GNOME News? I'm confused about the Journal News. We have this conversation every so often, and it seems like different people draw different conclusions every time. Can someone give me the Ladybird version of their current understanding of our plans for GNOME News, please? Thanks, Dave. -- Dave Neary, Lyon, France Email: dne...@gnome.org Jabber: nea...@gmail.com -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Publishing in Linux Format
Hey folks :) As we just had some experience publishing in a magazine and we now have the chance to publish regularly in Linux Format, the UK's first Linux-specific magazine, and is currently the best-selling Linux title in the UK. It is also exported to many countries worldwide. I think it's a great chance and I'd love seeing us having a page there every month. We'd have to produce about 550 words plus a couple of images. Every month. Will we have anyone being able to organise producing the necessary texts? It could be a GNOME app/shell extension of the month, a developer profile, or the commit digest fleshed out. I would love us to have a handful articles almost ready before we agree to take up on the offer we got. So who is to step up? :-) Cheers, Tobi signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: Publishing in Linux Format
Whats the deadline? What format (PDF, ODT, etc) do they want/need articles to be in? 550 words isn't that many, and certainly sounds do-able. Highlighting one application or event a month (ie, Boston Summit for October), with screenshots and/or event photos. Perhaps if/when we did an application we could also do a short interview with one of the developers of it. Also, I thought Sri had a couple of articles held back that we'd talked about using for getting the GNOME Journal going again a couple months ago, though I'm not sure what ever became of them. Emily On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Tobias Mueller mue...@cryptobitch.de wrote: Hey folks :) As we just had some experience publishing in a magazine and we now have the chance to publish regularly in Linux Format, the UK's first Linux-specific magazine, and is currently the best-selling Linux title in the UK. It is also exported to many countries worldwide. I think it's a great chance and I'd love seeing us having a page there every month. We'd have to produce about 550 words plus a couple of images. Every month. Will we have anyone being able to organise producing the necessary texts? It could be a GNOME app/shell extension of the month, a developer profile, or the commit digest fleshed out. I would love us to have a handful articles almost ready before we agree to take up on the offer we got. So who is to step up? :-) Cheers, Tobi -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. - Goethe Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr.Seuss Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
