hi Ahmed, you can start a kickstarter campaign (http://www.kickstarter.com/) where people/fans/early adopters can micro-fund the project.
you set amount you want to gather, and a specific deadline. if you meet the target, the donations will be debited from the accounts of the donors. if you don't meet the target, nobody pays a lira. u can set different levels of donations. level one could be a 10$ donation and they get a PDF version of the book instantly. level two could be a 25$ donation and they get a PDF version of the book instantly + a printed copy when it comes out. level three could be a $50 donation etc. you would have to create a campaign/buzz in the middle east to drive traffic to your kickstarter page, maybe you'll also get the support of the cc community. zero risk :-) lots of love, William On Nov 9, 2010, at 4:54 PM, "dd.r." <[email protected]> wrote: just send a general message which presents your project to the list trying to find people interested. let`s see the reaction..then I`ll do private intro the list address is "CC Arab World المشاع الإبداعي" < [email protected]>, salamaat 2010/11/9 Ahmed M. AbouZaid <[email protected]> > ok I'll do : ) > But do I copy the message sent to creative commons mailing list, or what? > > and thank you very much : ) > > 2010/11/8 dd.r. <[email protected]> > > Hi Ahmad >> so can you pls post this to the Arab list? then I`ll do private intros for >> you with Lebanese foundations >> sure I can read Arabic well, I do my PHD thesis on Syrian musalsalat:) but >> of course techie Arabic might be an issue:) >> let `s move this forward it`s a great project >> salamaat >> >> 2010/11/4 Ahmed M. AbouZaid <[email protected]> >> >> >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 6:11 PM, dd.r. <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Mar7haba Ahmed kifak >>>> thanks for your email. If you dont mind I`ll send you an invite to join >>>> the CC Arab world community list, where we are posting all info about >>>> events, books, etc >>>> >>> thanks for invitation ^_^ I subscribed with alternative email >>> (a1.abouz...@gmail) >>> >>> >>>> Did you know that there is a porting process in action in Egypt and the >>>> licenses are about to be done in your country? >>>> >>> ya, I'm follow up this, I have sent some notes to them. >>> >>> As for the book, this is a great idea and I`m looking forward to reading >>>> it! great effort! >>>> >>> wow, you can read arabic texts well? >>> >>> unfortunately, we havent at the moment any fund available for such a >>>> project (we just finished our Catalyst grant campaign) >>> >>> There was also a project to support the Arabic books from MBR >>> Foundation<http://www.mbrfoundation.ae>, >>> but is suspended this time! I do not know what this bad luck : ( >>> Anyway I will do my best : ) >>> الاستماع >>> قراءة صوتية للكلمات >>> >>> but maybe I can put you in touch with people in the Region who might be >>>> interested to sponsor this, mostly in Lebanon..or maybe you can start by >>>> distributing a PDF and then making it into a proper book? >>>> How does this sound? >>>> >>> If you need any help for the translation review, we`ll ask the community >>>> there are many open source enthusiasts in CC community, notably in Syria >>>> where we just opened a kind of "hackspace". I`m sure they would be happy to >>>> help you >>>> let me know >>>> >>> thank you for your offer : ) >>> Now I thinking in prepayment advertisement for pdf, and print-on-demand >>> for paper book, but POD will increase the cost of the book :/ >>> >>> >>> thanks : ) >>> >>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Ahmed M. AbouZaid <ahmed.abouzaid.eg@ >>>> gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, how are you? I hope you are fine : ) >>>>> Can you see this message, please. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-community/2010-November/005731.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> thanks : ) >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Ahmed M. AbouZaid >>>>> >>>>> My Blog >>>>> http://www.aabouzaid.com/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ahmed M. AbouZaid (aka Skeleton_Eel) >>> >>> >>> My Blog >>> http://www.aabouzaid.com/ >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Ahmed M. AbouZaid > > My Website > http://www.aabouzaid.com/ > <http://www.aabouzaid.com/> > > -- لقد تلقيت هذه الرسالة لأنك مشترك في المجموعة "CC Arab World المشاع الإبداعي" من مجموعات Google. للنشر في هذه المجموعة، أرسل بريدًا إلكترونيًا إلى [email protected] لإلغاء اشتراكك في هذه المجموعة، أرسل رسالة إلكترونية إلى [email protected]. للحصول على مزيد من الخيارات، يمكنك الانتقال إلى هذه المجموعة على العنوان http://groups.google.com/group/cc-arab-world?hl=ar. -- لقد تلقيت هذه الرسالة لأنك مشترك في المجموعة "CC Arab World المشاع الإبداعي" من مجموعات Google. للنشر في هذه المجموعة، أرسل بريدًا إلكترونيًا إلى [email protected] لإلغاء اشتراكك في هذه المجموعة، أرسل رسالة إلكترونية إلى [email protected]. للحصول على مزيد من الخيارات، يمكنك الانتقال إلى هذه المجموعة على العنوان http://groups.google.com/group/cc-arab-world?hl=ar.
