You are correct. We use Lulu for selling printed books; they deal with all the packing and posting. (One can sell PDFs through Lulu, but we don't.) The Ubuntu Apps Store is for downloadable PDFs (and possibly other eBook formats; I haven't checked). I'm inclined to take Bjoern's suggestion and charge the minimum, US$2.99. Of this (or any other price we set), the Ubuntu store takes 20%, so that takes care of your suggestion of some going back to Ubuntu.
What is DistroWatch? --Jean On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > Fantastic! :) Yes, i think the same price as is charged at Lulu to keep it > fair? > > Hmmm, Lulu do physical printed books and deal with postage&packing whereas i > think the Ubuntu App's Store is just downloadable and not printed? If so > then i don't know what would be a good price. > > I would like to see some of that money eventually go upstream to TDF main, > some back to Ubuntu as a "thank you" and some to DistroWatch so that they can > continue their excellent coverage of huge range of distros with less to worry > about. I think DW would notice and appreciate even something like > $50/month. It might be tactically good to buy some advertising space on > their website so that people can click from there to buy the guides from > Lulu. The Ubuntu Apps store might get the team more revenue but it would be > good to support DW too imo. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > --- On Wed, 16/5/12, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Jean Weber <[email protected]> > Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Fwd: LibreOffice Guide in the Ubuntu App > Store > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, 16 May, 2012, 12:16 > > FYI, team. > I replied: "Yes, I think that is an excellent idea. What should I do, > just follow the instructions on that page?" > > --Jean > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bjoern Michaelsen <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, May 16, 2012 at 1:34 AM > Subject: LibreOffice Guide in the Ubuntu App Store > To: [email protected] > Cc: Bjoern Michaelsen <[email protected]> > > > Hi Jean, > > I wondered if you are interested in adding the LibreOffice Guides to > the Ubuntu App Store: > > http://developer.ubuntu.com/publish/ > > for the minimum price of 2.99USD with the money going to either the > Docs Team directly or to TDF. While I dont expect huge amounts of > money from this, it might: > > a) make the guides more visible > b) make them appear more valuable as they are not free in the shop > c) make some who are too lazy (or who always thought of donating, but > never quite got there) to "buy" the guide even though it is freely > downloadable if you look for the URL > > Thoughts? > > Best, > > Bjoern > > P.S.: Please reply to the canonical email if possible, Im just in a > system transition so sending this from my private account as an > interim solution. > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
