Jean, Does Lulu offer library binding hard cover printing as well? Also do they offer CD/DVD Printing? I was thinking it would be nice to produce library binding version of the Getting started guide for 4.2 or even 4.3 that includes an installation DVD and possibly starting a marketing campaign to try to get one copy in as many libraries as possible.
I distributed some DVD's I made at the local library in this area. Currently they do not offer a software section, and they declined my request to start one. The only way stock software is if it is an official CD/DVD that is included as part of the book. I am going to keep trying to get them to start a OSS Software collection but I do not see it happening any time soon. They shot this idea down due to fear of liability. The software that comes included with books they consider the liability to be passed on to the publisher evidently. If we make this a target project for the 4.3 release it would provide a good amount of time to work on both the DVD as well as the Library Edition getting started guide. It would also of course require a marketing campaign as well. LibreOffice for Libraries! The DVD of course can contain copies of all the manuals. Having this cover both school/university libraries as well as public libraries would be useful in furthering the user base. Including a small manual on getting started with LibreOffice development would also work out well if we could get it into schools. I know this was talked about on the marketing list before the 4.2 launch but it quieted off since then. Thank you *Mr.* *Timothy M. Butterworth * *USAF Veteran H.D. SSgt* Constitutionalist and defender of The Separation of Church and State because "Our freedom was not free and freedom cannot defend itself but it is always worth defending with our lives" Email: [email protected] Brainbench <http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/homepage.xml> Brainbench Transcript ID: 10486539 Cisco Certification Tracking System<http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/le11/learning_certification_tracking_system.html> Cisco ID CSCO11235801 CompTIA Certification Transcript Verification<https://www.certmetrics.com/comptia/public/transcript.aspx?transcript=HQQP3JTC2NR4QFXS> *Certified Wireless Network Professionals CWNP <http://www.cwnp.com/>* CWNP ID: CWNP446044 CWNP Certification Verification<http://www.cwnp.com/certifications/verify_cwnp/> Free and Open Source Software F/OSS is free as in freedom to improve availability and reduce the Total Cost of Ownership TCO of software and firmware though shared maintenance, it is the freedom of interoperable innovation through shared Research and Development R&D costs, it is the freedom that allows true piece of mind in procurement because the full source code is available and it is not free as in closed source freeware or shareware which often includes software defects and malware. On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:24 AM, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > Extract from a note just received from Lulu.com (where I have been > publishing the printed copies of our books): > > "Great news! Lulu.com has opened up Kindle, Kobo and many more eBook > retailer sites to you, so readers on all devices can buy your eBooks. > > And there's even more good news: Our print book distribution service is > free. > > With Lulu.com, you have a single, free and simple method for getting > all of your books into as many distribution channels as possible. No > more need to publish your books in multiple places. Now, you can sell > what you love everywhere. > > To add your eBooks to Kindle, Kobo and other retailer sites, go to > your My Lulu page and choose "Manage Distribution" for the eBook > projects you'd like to update." > > Note: There's a bit more to it than that. To qualify for the > distribution service, books must meet some requirements regarding the > copyright page, ISBN, and so on. Our existing books will need some > changes before they qualify, but we can produce new books that do > qualify. > > --Jean > -- To unsubscribe 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
