On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 07:41:23 -0800, "Jean Hollis Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Erich Christian wrote: > > Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > >> I look at this the other way around. What's a reasonable markup? > >> How much money are we likely to raise? What can we do with that > >> amount of money?
> The ISBN service cost money... around US$150 per book, if I > recall correctly. I think we want to get listed on Amazon.com and > other big online stores, because this dramatically increases the > chance that people will learn about the books -- and it's good > for OpenOffice.org too. My idea is that the first $150 raised > from sales should be spent on Lulu's ISBN service for the Getting > Started book, and the second $150 on an ISBN for the Writer > Guide. The next $150 should be saved to buy the ISBN service for > the next book to be published in print, and so on until all 7 > books in the set are in print and on Amazon. That's US$1,050, > which respresents approx. 260 books sold, before we even get to > the "profit" stage. This sounds like a very good use of the money. ----- John Kane Kingston ON Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613)888-2399 -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again
