A search at my local library shows one OpenOffice title already
available -- OpenOffice.org for Dummies:
http://leopac.nypl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&aspect=basic&npp=10&ipp=20&ri=&index=GW&term=OpenOffice
And here is the link to request they add a book to their collection.
I'll request one of ours shortly:
http://nypl.org/books/suggest.cfm
The above is just as an example; I'm sure most people's nearby
libraries have similar options.
-Ben
On Sep 23, 2008, at 11:24 AM, Alexandro Colorado wrote:
Sounds like G1G1 campaing.
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:15:20 -0500, Benjamin Horst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Also, many libraries do have budgets to buy books! I suggest we all
contact our local libraries and see if we can request they buy them
first. Then we can report our experiences back on this list.
Ben
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On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:46 AM, "Barbara M. Tobias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 10:44 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [authors] OOoAuthors Financial Report 2007-2008
I see a lot of calls for giving to libraries and schools, but I
think
that we need to be careful about which libraries and schools. My
concern
is that we could provide 100 books to 100 different libraries or
schools, and it could sit there unused.
I am not saying that we should not give the book to these places,
just
that we need to consider how to get the books to where they will
be more
likely to be used.
I suppose that this is more of a question of how to choose the
school /
library / teacher, etc...
If this is known to promote usage, that is what you want.
Educational discounts might be another option. You know they want
the
book because they are spending some money (for example).
--Andrew Pitonyak
Andrew's recommendations sound reasonable to me.
Barbara Tobias
--
Alexandro Colorado
CoLeader of OpenOffice.org ES
http://es.openoffice.org
Benjamin Horst
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646-464-2314 (ET)
