Hello Paul, Thank you for spreading the word about my book. I've already registered with PublishDrive (another service like Lulu) and it pushed the ebook to Amazon and Apple Books. Resulting in only 4 downloads. The trouble is that connecting a book and its readers requires some kind of promotion. I chose the free license for the book expecting it to be upheld by the Free Software society. However, when I got it finished, it became apparent that there is no such a society or that it is disinterested in free books. People pay $20 or $50 for well-advertised books with less content, and nobody cares. Best regards, Denys
On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss <[1][email protected]> wrote: On 11/02/2025 07:55, Denys Poltorak wrote: > Hello, > I wrote a CC-licensed book on software architecture, expecting that the > free license would help spread it. Instead, it locked me out of > commercial publishers, while I neither found large FOSS communities to > share it with, nor succeeded with P2P promotion. > What I need: > * Any help promoting the book. > * Critical feedback. > What's inside: > * A high-level overview of a couple hundred architectural patterns. > * A (hopefully) intuitive classification of software and system > architectures. > The book is available on: > GitHub > [1][2]https://github.com/denyspoltorak/publications/tree/main/Archit ectura > lMetapatterns > Leanpub [2][3]https://leanpub.com/metapatterns > Thanks in advance, > Denys > > References > > 1. [4]https://github.com/denyspoltorak/publications/tree/main/Architect uralMetapatterns > 2. [5]https://leanpub.com/metapatterns Hi Would [6]https://www.lulu.com/ fit the bill here, they can print / send books on demand, which may be better you still get paid for each copy sold. I know they handle this for the LibreOffice Manuals. In the mean time I am happy to put a link to the book on my blog, even though I think the subject matter is a little above me. Just a thought, Paul _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [7][email protected] [8]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discus s References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. https://github.com/denyspoltorak/publications/tree/main/Architectura 3. https://leanpub.com/metapatterns 4. https://github.com/denyspoltorak/publications/tree/main/ArchitecturalMetapatterns 5. https://leanpub.com/metapatterns 6. https://www.lulu.com/ 7. mailto:[email protected] 8. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
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