On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 19:41:54 +0000, "Daniel Carrera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 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.
I was just browsing on http://oooforum.free.fr/forum/ and noticed at least one poster who was ready to buy a Base tutorial even if he/she had to buy it in English. I suspect that there is a market for the OOoAuthors' book out there. ----- John Kane Kingston ON Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613)888-2399 -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web
