Hi Jean, *, Am Friday 05 December 2008 00:06:12 schrieb Jean Hollis Weber: > I just discovered that our book, Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 3, > has been repackaged by someone through CreateSpace (an Amazon.com > print-on-demand subsidiary) and is now being sold on Amazon.com. > http://www.amazon.com/dp/1440451753/ > > I have slightly mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I'm > delighted that the book will reach a much wider audience without me > having to do any extra work. On the other hand, we probably won't get > any payment from sales of this version of the book -- but as we're doing > the books primarily to "spread the word", not make money, that's okay > with me. >
I think, that's okay for all authors inside OOoDocumentation and OOoAuthors. But we spent our own money (for hardware, electricity etc.) and the project resources costs some money (okay: sponsered). Therefore we should rethink, if there is a way to prevent the use of the created PDF (from the website) to print books. > The ISBN has changed on the back-cover barcode (necessary for a > different edition), and the front cover has been modified slightly, but > the original PDF has been used for the interior, so Friends of > OpenDocument Inc is still shown as the pubisher of the printed copy, and > all the authors and the copyright notice are unchanged. I don't know yet, if it is worth to put an Background with an information "OOoAuthors.org" (etc.) to the PDF. And why should we provide a *.odt on the website to non-member? Why need they a editable document? Just my 2 €-Cent ;-) Regards, Andreas -- ## Content Developer OpenOffice.org: lang/DE ## Freie Office-Suite für Linux, Mac, Windows, Solaris ## http://de.openoffice.org ## OpenOffice.org Portable: http://oooportable.org ## Meine Seite: http://www.amantke.de
