Re: [GENERAL] Postgres Printed Manuals

2007-05-17 Thread Robert James
On 5/17/07, Ian Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did have to change one a bit, I hope the breaks aren't in bad spots. Did you just split it into 3 portions, or did you include the TOC and index in each one, and drop the Release notes/appendixes? This could be done so much better if ther

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres Printed Manuals

2007-05-17 Thread Ian Harding
Anyone can set up anything that is either not copyright protected, or freely distributable, or they create. I can (and will) modify these existing tomes to your revised format or any better ones that come along! I am pleased to see that a couple have sold already. I also think it would be great

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres Printed Manuals

2007-05-17 Thread Robert James
Excellent! Two questions: 1. Might it be better to include the index and TOC (in both volumes), and do something like this: http://www.postgresql.org/files/documentation/pdf/8.2/postgresql-8.2.1-US.pdf Vol I: 1-621, 1674-end Vol II: 1-38, 622-1395, 1672-end (Dropped some other things, I think...)

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres Printed Manuals

2007-05-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 16 May 2007, Vivek Khera wrote: Seems like an ideal use of those print-on-demand services like lulu.com among others. The project could post an official PDF of the docs, and take a cut every time someone ordered a printed copy. The question is who would take the time to make a professi

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres Printed Manuals

2007-05-16 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Vivek Khera wrote: On May 13, 2007, at 10:43 PM, Tom Lane wrote: It's hard to make any money that way :-(. Rich Morin used to run a business called "Prime Time Freeware" that published hardcopy versions of our manuals along with much other open-source documentation. He gave up on it some year

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres Printed Manuals

2007-05-16 Thread Vivek Khera
On May 13, 2007, at 10:43 PM, Tom Lane wrote: It's hard to make any money that way :-(. Rich Morin used to run a business called "Prime Time Freeware" that published hardcopy versions of our manuals along with much other open-source documentation. He gave up on it some years ago, though, and I

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres Printed Manuals

2007-05-16 Thread Ian Harding
On 5/14/07, Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 14 May 2007, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > >How much would it be to email the PDF manual to someone like Kinkos and > >get it printed? Effectively, that might be the cheepest solution because > >it is print-on-demand.

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres Printed Manuals

2007-05-14 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 14 May 2007, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > >How much would it be to email the PDF manual to someone like Kinkos and > >get it printed? Effectively, that might be the cheepest solution because > >it is print-on-demand. > > >>What I would suggest is, rather than hoping som

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres Printed Manuals

2007-05-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 14 May 2007, Bruce Momjian wrote: How much would it be to email the PDF manual to someone like Kinkos and get it printed? Effectively, that might be the cheepest solution because it is print-on-demand. What I would suggest is, rather than hoping somebody has the bankroll for one LARG

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres Printed Manuals

2007-05-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
How much would it be to email the PDF manual to someone like Kinkos and get it printed? Effectively, that might be the cheepest solution because it is print-on-demand. --- John Meyer wrote: > Robert James wrote: > > The Pos

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres Printed Manuals

2007-05-13 Thread John Meyer
Robert James wrote: > The Postgres docs are great. Unfortunatelty, at 1600 pages, my > printer is a little weary. Are bound & printed editions available? > If not, has anyone had any good experience printing them via any of > the online services? (The ones I contacted said it was too big for > t

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres Printed Manuals

2007-05-13 Thread Stuart Cooper
The Postgres docs are great. Unfortunatelty, at 1600 pages, my printer is a little weary. Are bound & printed editions available? If not, has anyone had any good experience printing them via any of the online services? (The ones I contacted said it was too big for them to print...) You're rig

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres Printed Manuals

2007-05-13 Thread Tom Lane
"Robert James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Also: wouldn't it be a good way for the Postgres project to raise some > money, by publishing and selling bound and printed versions? It's hard to make any money that way :-(. Rich Morin used to run a business called "Prime Time Freeware" that publishe

[GENERAL] Postgres Printed Manuals

2007-05-13 Thread Robert James
The Postgres docs are great. Unfortunatelty, at 1600 pages, my printer is a little weary. Are bound & printed editions available? If not, has anyone had any good experience printing them via any of the online services? (The ones I contacted said it was too big for them to print...) Also: woul