Le 2013-02-06 07:15, Tom Davies a écrit :
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.
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.
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.
It still makes sense to send directly to where they are required to save the
effort of re-distributing.
Regards from
Tom :)
No, this is not correct. The point of this discussion is to get the
guides to targeted libraries and try to get a commitment to continued
yearly acquisition. They have the funds to purchase texts such as these
as well as to put them on a yearly review for either purchase more of
the same texts depending on usage or purchase newer updated versions. We
would take care of promoting these to libraries just like any other
publisher would, however direct them to Lulu.com for the purchases. We
are not in the printing business as the Lulu.com model is more efficient.
Jean's offer was more of a user/member offering to purchase a guide
destined for library use, and, giving the user a preferred rate for that
purchase. I doubt very much that a particular user will offer to
purchase the whole series for a Library. But, still getting a guide to a
Library this way is fine.
I am more interested in a more committed effort to convince Libraries to
carry our complete guides on their stacks for their membership use.
Then, we will be able to lay claim that our guides are available at most
libraries and we could possibly keep a record of which libraries are
carrying our guides.
The acquisition department at libraries is our target.
Cheers,
Marc
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