On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:39:08 +0200 ale rimoldi <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote:
> hi greg, > > > On 04/11/2012 07:36 AM, ale rimoldi wrote: > > > > > > ... because there is a long history of people taking free > > > scribus resources and making profit out of it.... > > > > > > let's get real: there is almost no chance that somebody can > > > make a huge profit from taking the manual, printing it and > > > selling it. > > > > > If the docs are worth nothing, then why this ongoing argument > > about the particulars of its licensing? > > in my eyes scribus docs are very valuable but have no > commercial value. > > or at least have no commercial value that would lead to profits > that are higher than the effort a publishing house would have > to put in the promotion of a manual. > > ciao a.l.e There are three English language p-books on Scribus that apparently sell ok, The Manual, the Gemy book published by Packt Publishing and the Gang Chen self-published book. The Gemy book is useful but not IMO comprehensive enough and the Gang Chen book I would not recommend at all. I have all three. There are also some other language books I don't have. Here are their Amazon ranks (lower number is better) Manual 318,199 Gemy 656,199 Chen 1,037,820 A book I offer that no longer sells has an Amazon rank of 2,705,060. But I broke even on it. Consider this the lowest possible ranking. The Tavmong Bah book on Inkscape ranks 429,150. So I believe that a comprehensive manual with current info would sell well enough and make money if printed POD. Heck, the Fles Manual still sells and it dates back to 1.3.3.12. -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
