Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - I'll try to clarify. My requirements are: 1) have printed copies available for small target audience in SA. It is difficult to determine the number, as the target audience includes conservation managers, land owners and academics. 2) have a free

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-15 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Guenter Milde mi...@users.sf.net wrote: On 2011-12-14, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - I'll try to clarify. My requirements are: 1) have printed copies available for small target audience in SA. It is difficult to determine the number, as the target audience

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-15 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: By the way, I LOVE the whole concept of invasive species. Living in Florida, USA, I see a world teeming with life, with plants growing on

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - I'll try to clarify. My requirements are: 1) have printed copies available for small target audience in SA. It is difficult to determine the number, as the target audience includes conservation managers, land owners and academics. 2) have a free

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-15 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Guenter Milde mi...@users.sf.net wrote: On 2011-12-14, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - I'll try to clarify. My requirements are: 1) have printed copies available for small target audience in SA. It is difficult to determine the number, as the target audience

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-15 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: By the way, I LOVE the whole concept of invasive species. Living in Florida, USA, I see a world teeming with life, with plants growing on

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: > OK - I'll try to clarify. > My requirements are: > 1) have printed copies available for small target audience in SA. It > is difficult to determine the number, as the target audience includes > conservation managers, land owners and academics. > > 2) have a

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-15 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2011-12-14, Rainer M Krug wrote: > >> OK - I'll try to clarify. >> My requirements are: >> 1) have printed copies available for small target audience in SA. It >> is difficult to determine the number, as the target

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-15 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Steve Litt wrote: >> By the way, I LOVE the whole concept of invasive species. Living in >> Florida, USA, I see a world teeming with life, with plants

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Rainer M Krug
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 13/12/11 15:50, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 13 Dec 2011, Rich Shepard wrote: On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - my question is, how can I achieve this? I guess something like lulu.com is the easiest option? Any recommendations,

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: [snip] But then the distribution has to be done through somebody - which might not cost money, but time. More generally, I think that self-publishing printed books for sale, unless to a very clearly defined market, is unlikely to yield much if

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Rainer M Krug
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/12/11 10:43, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: [snip] But then the distribution has to be done through somebody - which might not cost money, but time. More generally, I think that self-publishing printed

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2011-12-14, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - I'll try to clarify. My requirements are: 1) have printed copies available for small target audience in SA. It is difficult to determine the number, as the target audience includes conservation managers, land owners and academics. 2) have a free

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: By the way, I LOVE the whole concept of invasive species. Living in Florida, USA, I see a world teeming with life, with plants growing on plants growing on other plants. I don't know if they're foreign, but we have

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Rainer M Krug
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 13/12/11 15:50, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 13 Dec 2011, Rich Shepard wrote: On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - my question is, how can I achieve this? I guess something like lulu.com is the easiest option? Any recommendations,

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: [snip] But then the distribution has to be done through somebody - which might not cost money, but time. More generally, I think that self-publishing printed books for sale, unless to a very clearly defined market, is unlikely to yield much if

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Rainer M Krug
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/12/11 10:43, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: [snip] But then the distribution has to be done through somebody - which might not cost money, but time. More generally, I think that self-publishing printed

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2011-12-14, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - I'll try to clarify. My requirements are: 1) have printed copies available for small target audience in SA. It is difficult to determine the number, as the target audience includes conservation managers, land owners and academics. 2) have a free

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: By the way, I LOVE the whole concept of invasive species. Living in Florida, USA, I see a world teeming with life, with plants growing on plants growing on other plants. I don't know if they're foreign, but we have

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Rainer M Krug
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 13/12/11 15:50, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 13 Dec 2011, Rich Shepard wrote: >> On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> >>> OK - my question is, how can I achieve this? I guess something >>> like lulu.com is the easiest option? Any

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: > [snip] > But then the distribution has to be done through somebody - which > might not cost money, but time. > > > > > More generally, I think that self-publishing printed books for > > sale, unless to a very clearly defined market, is unlikely to yield >

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Rainer M Krug
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/12/11 10:43, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 14 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> > [snip] >> But then the distribution has to be done through somebody - >> which might not cost money, but time. >> >>> >>> More generally, I think that

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2011-12-14, Rainer M Krug wrote: > OK - I'll try to clarify. > My requirements are: > 1) have printed copies available for small target audience in SA. It > is difficult to determine the number, as the target audience includes > conservation managers, land owners and academics. > 2) have a

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-14 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > By the way, I LOVE the whole concept of invasive species. Living in > Florida, USA, I see a world teeming with life, with plants growing on > plants growing on other plants. I don't know if they're foreign, but > we

OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-13 Thread Rainer M Krug
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi first my apologies for this OT topic, but I rahter ask here then go into another forum where I have no idea who knows what. So please reply off-list (unless you think this is on topic). I am going to write a guidelines book (management, alien

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-13 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - my question is, how can I achieve this? I guess something like lulu.com is the easiest option? Any recommendations, specifically concerning the fact that most books will go to South Africa (likely bulk order)? Any self-publishing houses in Europe

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-13 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 13 Dec 2011, Rich Shepard wrote: On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - my question is, how can I achieve this? I guess something like lulu.com is the easiest option? Any recommendations, specifically concerning the fact that most books will go to South Africa (likely bulk

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-13 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 08:01:45 AM Rainer M Krug wrote: Hi first my apologies for this OT topic, but I rahter ask here then go into another forum where I have no idea who knows what. So please reply off-list (unless you think this is on topic). I am going to write a guidelines

OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-13 Thread Rainer M Krug
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi first my apologies for this OT topic, but I rahter ask here then go into another forum where I have no idea who knows what. So please reply off-list (unless you think this is on topic). I am going to write a guidelines book (management, alien

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-13 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - my question is, how can I achieve this? I guess something like lulu.com is the easiest option? Any recommendations, specifically concerning the fact that most books will go to South Africa (likely bulk order)? Any self-publishing houses in Europe

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-13 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 13 Dec 2011, Rich Shepard wrote: On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - my question is, how can I achieve this? I guess something like lulu.com is the easiest option? Any recommendations, specifically concerning the fact that most books will go to South Africa (likely bulk

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-13 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 08:01:45 AM Rainer M Krug wrote: Hi first my apologies for this OT topic, but I rahter ask here then go into another forum where I have no idea who knows what. So please reply off-list (unless you think this is on topic). I am going to write a guidelines

OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-13 Thread Rainer M Krug
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi first my apologies for this OT topic, but I rahter ask here then go into another forum where I have no idea who knows what. So please reply off-list (unless you think this is on topic). I am going to write a guidelines book (management, alien

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-13 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: OK - my question is, how can I achieve this? I guess something like lulu.com is the easiest option? Any recommendations, specifically concerning the fact that most books will go to South Africa (likely bulk order)? Any self-publishing houses in Europe

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-13 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 13 Dec 2011, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Rainer M Krug wrote: > > >OK - my question is, how can I achieve this? I guess something like > >lulu.com is the easiest option? Any recommendations, specifically > >concerning the fact that most books will go to South Africa (likely bulk

Re: OT: publishing - recommendations?

2011-12-13 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 08:01:45 AM Rainer M Krug wrote: > Hi > > first my apologies for this OT topic, but I rahter ask here then go > into another forum where I have no idea who knows what. > > So please reply off-list (unless you think this is on topic). > > I am going to write a