John Kane wrote:
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.
+1
I agree. Getting the Authors guides into Amazon and similar outlets is a
great idea. It's a very good strategy for getting them out into the mass
market with only a small initial investment. That will do wonders for
promoting OOo.
Cheers,
Daniel
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