Re: [Aus-soaring] e-book publishing

2015-03-16 Thread Future Aviation Pty. Ltd.
Dear CMcD I fully understand where you are coming from and I have a certain amount of sympathy for your argument. Believe me, I never intended to go beyond the first edition but before embarking on a second reprint it was decided to make “Advanced Soaring Made Easy” an all encompassing book

Re: [Aus-soaring] e-book publishing

2015-03-15 Thread Future Aviation Pty. Ltd.
Good morning all First of all let me thank all of you for your advice and the encouraging feedback on my book. Given that many of you tried to assist I think it is only fair that I provide some feedback. About 90% of all respondents chose to reply off line and I must say that their input

Re: [Aus-soaring] e-book publishing

2015-03-15 Thread DMcD
Multiple warnings about cyber piracy were received with one fellow author advising that - for exactly this reason - he will never publish an e-book again. The issue of piracy and copyright on ebooks etc. is interesting, especially with technical manuals. Last year, I bought the ebook version of

Re: [Aus-soaring] e-book publishing

2015-03-13 Thread John Welsh
: Friday, 13 March 2015 5:19 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: [Aus-soaring] e-book publishing Good morning all Our overseas distribution centre has just advised that they will soon run out of stock on my book: “Advanced Soaring Made Easy

Re: [Aus-soaring] e-book publishing

2015-03-13 Thread Grietje Wansink
. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] e-book publishing Hi Bernard, I, like many of the older generation (+75) would certainly prefer the printed copy. I think it is a splendid book, with the current version on my bookshelf and the earlier versions circulating amongst the club's up and coming soaring

Re: [Aus-soaring] e-book publishing

2015-03-12 Thread Derek Ruddock
: Re: [Aus-soaring] e-book publishing Hi Bernard, I, like many of the older generation (+75) would certainly prefer the printed copy. I think it is a splendid book, with the current version on my bookshelf and the earlier versions circulating amongst the club's up and coming soaring pilots

[Aus-soaring] e-book publishing

2015-03-12 Thread Future Aviation Pty. Ltd.
Good morning all Our overseas distribution centre has just advised that they will soon run out of stock on my book: “Advanced Soaring Made Easy”. This raises the question whether we should commit to another print run or revert to e-book publishing in future. To make the right decision I need

Re: [Aus-soaring] e-book publishing

2015-03-12 Thread pam
. And I'm only 60. Pam -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Geoff Vincent Sent: Friday, 13 March 2015 10:02 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] e

Re: [Aus-soaring] e-book publishing

2015-03-12 Thread Geoff Vincent
Hi Bernard, I, like many of the older generation (+75) would certainly prefer the printed copy. I think it is a splendid book, with the current version on my bookshelf and the earlier versions circulating amongst the club's up and coming soaring pilots. Regards, Geoff V At 08:19 AM

Re: [Aus-soaring] e-book publishing

2015-03-12 Thread Scott Penrose
Hi Bernard I am a little on the fence here. My preference for technical books is eBook. I own so many technical books in my field, literally purchasing a new one almost weekly. Having access to eBooks on things like Safari Online is a great advantage in my field of programming. That said I