On 2/7/2010 6:52 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Gary Schnabl wrote:
On 2/6/2010 9:30 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
I have uploaded a PDF of the full Getting Started book (v3.2
edition) to the OOoAuthors website and to the OOo Docs wiki.
This PDF is watermarked "Free eBook Edition" in an attempt to
discourage other people from copying and selling it. (Thanks to
Gabriel Gurley for the pointer to how to do this using Adobe Acrobat
Pro.)
I'm working on reformatting the book for the printed edition.
--Jean
I betcha they will sell them anyway... It bemuses me that some
gullible people will actually pay for documentation for a free office
suite without first checking to see if any free docs for it exist.
Lots of people want a printed book and are willing to pay for one even
if a free PDF exists. It's not necessarily anything to do with
gullibility. I just want to discourage other people from selling our
books at a profit but not contributing to the community... or at least
make it less easy for them to do so.
--Jean
How long before they get ePubbed?
Gary
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