Hi :) I thought i remembered someone saying they had found a Math Guide written in German that had quite a few separate chapters and that some of that was going to be moved into the English guide? I could easily be wrong but i just wondered if i had got it right?
Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Jean Weber <[email protected]> >To: Tom Davies <[email protected]> >Cc: Marc Paré <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" ><[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2013, 18:21 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice "Documentation in Local >Libraries Project" > >On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:15 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi :) >> I think the Maths Guide is about to have a major re-vamp, probably after the >> 4.0.0. I'm not sure if that would affect an application for an ISBN number. > >Where do you get the idea that the Maths Guide is about to have a >major re-vamp? Have I missed something at Docs? > >For an ISBN, all I have to do is add one to the book. > >Note, however, that at this point only the printed version of the >books have ISBN; the PDFs do not (because we don't sell them). PDFs >and printed books and eBooks each require a separate ISBN. Friends of >OpenDocument buys ISBN in sets of 100, so I have plenty to use. > >> >> As for abusing the wholesale offer i think that is not really a worry. The >> aim is to get the guides out there as far and widely as possibly. If >> someone is smart enough and keen enough (about LO) then they hopefully will >> make good use of the guides anyway, either to make sure they get seen or to >> help people migrate to LibreOffice. The aim is less about generating profit >> and more about getting the guides out there. > > >I agree. I am not concerned about this. > >> >> Hopefully people wont try to abuse the system too much. Even at full price >> the guides really don't cost much especially when compared to similar guides >> for rival products. Also i am sure the Friends of OpenDocument are sensible >> enough to manage the requests sensibly. Sending full sets of guides out to >> all 51 libraries might or might not present a bit of a challenge to them but >> i'm sure they could figure out a way of doing something sensible. > > >There is a bit of work for me involved in buying the books, but >including all copies is trivially more work than just ordering one. > >> >> It still makes sense to send directly to where they are required to save the >> effort of re-distributing. > >See my earlier note in response to Marc. I am not so sure sending >directly to the library is the better idea... unless the request comes >directly from the library. > >> >>>________________________________ >>> From: Marc Paré <[email protected]> >>>To: [email protected] >>>Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2013, 8:45 >>>Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice "Documentation in Local >>>Libraries Project" >>> >>> >>>Also, just to be clear to everyone, Jean, are you saying the guides would be >>>sent directly to the Libraries and not the user requesting the guides at >>>wholesale rate costs? This to me would make sense, as it would remove any >>>temptation for any abuse of purchase. >>> >>>Cheers, >>> >>>Marc > > > -- 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
