On Sunday, March 16, 2014 09:47:33 AM you wrote: > On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 6:58 AM, <timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Saturday, March 15, 2014 03:24:11 AM you wrote: > >> On Saturday, March 15, 2014 03:15:06 AM you wrote: > >> > On Saturday, March 15, 2014 04:08:59 PM you wrote: > >> > > > Jean, > >> > > > > >> > > > Is it possible to get Amazon.com to stock hard/soft copy and Google > >> > > > Books > >> > > > to stock soft copy (they already support PDF in addition to epub.) > >> > > > It > >> > > > would would not be bad to see if Barnes and Noble as well as Kobo > >> > > > would > >> > > > also stock the soft copy for their Ebook Readers as well. This > >> > > > would > >> > > > certainly assist with in reaching new users particularly if they > >> > > > are > >> > > > provided for free and would provide some great advertising as well. > >> > > > > >> > > > I know Amazon and Google have programs to self publish but I have > >> > > > not > >> > > > actually tried them out though. > >> > > > > >> > > > Is anyone interested is publishing them in epub or mobi? I would > >> > > > like > >> > > > to > >> > > > learn how to format and produce epub so if someone knows how and > >> > > > wants > >> > > > to > >> > > > lead this then I am willing to port some chapters! > >> > > > > >> > > > Tim > >> > > > >> > > Tim, > >> > > As I have said on previous occasions when this topic came up: yes, it > >> > > is possible to get printed books and ebooks (in several formats) to > >> > > be > >> > > stocked by Amazon and others. Lulu (where we publish our books) will > >> > > take care of it for us (previously there was a fee, but now there is > >> > > not). There is some extra work involved that sounds easy but is not. > >> > > I > >> > > have begun taking steps to do this for the v4.2 books. > >> > > > >> > > Amazon's self-publishing program (I don't know about Google's) has > >> > > cost, taxation, and other problems for us that I don't have the > >> > > energy > >> > > to describe in detail right now. I personally will not consider using > >> > > them, but others can pursue this if they wish to. > >> > > > >> > > We can, of course, produce our own ebooks (epub, mobi, other formats) > >> > > from chapters and/or full books with or without Lulu's help, and > >> > > publish them on our own wiki and website along with the ODTs and PDFs > >> > > for users to download at no cost. > >> > > > >> > > Dan Lewis has done some work converting files to epub. He has said > >> > > that the latest version of Calibre does a much better and easier job > >> > > of converting our files than earlier versions did. I don't think Dan > >> > > is available to lead an effort to do major conversions, but that's > >> > > for > >> > > him to say. > >> > > ev > >> > > IMO we need to make some changes to our template to make the > >> > > conversion process easier and give better results. I have documented > >> > > some of this somewhere. You might be able to find it by searching the > >> > > archives for this list, or it might be on the wiki. IIRC, mainly the > >> > > changes involve getting rid of our custom style names wherever > >> > > possible and using the built-in style names instead. > >> > > > >> > > This change in style names is part of the plan to produce a new > >> > > template for our books, but that plan keeps getting stalled for > >> > > various reasons. Also, work on the template over the past few years > >> > > seems to have focused on changes that affect mainly the appearance of > >> > > the resulting PDFs & printed books and not on changes that affect the > >> > > conversion process to other formats. > >> > > > >> > > --Jean > >> > > >> > Jean, > >> > > >> > I decided I wanted to go ahead and try out The Google Books Partnership > >> > Publishing, I went ahead and published The LibreOffice 4.0 Getting > >> > Started > >> > Guide in its official non-modified state to Google Books and Google > >> > Play > >> > for the low price of FREE with no DRM. Google Is currently processing > >> > it > >> > for full text search/indexing it is set to become available immediately > >> > upon finishing and it will be available in PDF download format from > >> > Google > >> > Play/Books as well. I was also able to advertise the printed version > >> > from > >> > Lulu as well. > >> > > >> > I will send out the URL for it when I goes online, The process is > >> > pretty > >> > fast and relatively easy. > >> > > >> > I will look at publishing the rest of them after I see how this one > >> > turns > >> > out. > >> > > >> > > >> > Also the partnership Publishing accounts can be configured for multiple > >> > administrators to ease management/updates etc. > >> > > >> > Tim > >> > >> Jean, > >> > >> I attempted to upload the .ODT version hoping to make it an additional > >> available format for download but Google currently rejects that file > >> type. > >> It is limited to PDF, epub as well as cover art in jpeg/gif. > >> > >> Tim > > > > Jean, > > > > According to Google The getting started guide is now live and online in > > The > > PE, US and VE sales regions. I am currently not able to located it though > > through their search tools. > > > > I did find that there is another group that has uploaded some but not all > > of the manuals under the Google Play Books Textbooks. They are missing > > covers and have other minor issues though but they did get ISBN Numbers > > assigned for them though. > > > > http://books.google.com/books/about/Getting_Started_with_LibreOffice_4_0.h > > tml?id=H3ennAEACAAJ > > > > I will let everyone know when I am finished publishing all of them and > > they > > actually show up in the content search. > > > > Tim > > That "other group" is us. Those are copies of the printed editions > published by Friends of OpenDocument, Inc and sold through Lulu.com. > The ISBN are the ones from the interior PDFs of the printed editions, > which is why they lack covers. They would be formatted for 6"x9" and > in black-and-white. > > When I published the printed editions, I ticked a box on Lulu's site > for making them available through Google. I didn't pay enough > attention to know where they would end up. I note, however, that there > is no link to where one can actually buy the book, at least not in > Australia; when I look at that page, I see links to 4 Australian > retailers, but none of them actually have the book (which is what I > would expect). I assume that you, in the USA, see links to different > retailers. > > --Jean
Jean, I have the books set for work wide distribution but due to Google business limitations they are currently only available for PE, US and VE sales regions. Also I am going to contact some of the US publishers ORielly etc and ask them to publish hard copy. Some of them do this already for other open source projects like MySQL. I will let you know if any of them agree to publish them. Tim -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org 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
