On 02/03/2006, at 1:27 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
It's time for another report from the Friends of OpenDocument to
the OOoAuthors team on the sales of printed copies of your books.
Sales began in mid-November of last year. These figures are through
28 Feb 2006.
GS=Getting Started, WG=Writer Guide
Number of copies sold
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Month GS WG Total
Nov 18 14 32
Dec 40 24 64
Jan 22 26 48
Feb 43 36 79
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Total 123 100 223
Income (USD)
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Nov 141.46
Dec 272.40
Jan 225.34
Feb 353.01
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Total 992.21
Expenses (USD)
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Proof copies 32.55
Review copies 48.90
Commission to FoOD* 111.50
2 x ISBN** 298.00
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Total 490.95
* 50c/book
**For GS & WG 2nd edition, in preparation
Surplus: approx. $500.00
Note: Looking ahead to finishing more books, we should
set aside at least another $180 each for the Draw Guide,
Calc Guide, and Impress Guide (costs of proof and review
copies + ISBN), so this money is all marked for future
publishing-related purposes. Starting with this month
(March), we should start generating some real income.
Looks good Jean! It will be good to start getting some money together
to help develop resources and events further for ODF and OpenOffice.org.
Regards
Jonathon
