On 8/15/07, Iwan Vosloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there. > > I've been lurking on this list for a while now, but am still unsure if > this is the right place for this mail... but I do think this is a > marketing opportunity. > > I have been asked by a local (local == South Africa) publisher to write > a school textbook for Grade 10 for Information Technology. This is > essentially introductory stuff about computers, software, OSses, > databases, spreadsheets and (mostly) programming. And it needs to follow > the curriculum strictly. (The books are first assessed by the government > before schools are allowed to use them.) > > To write such a book, you need to know which software is in use at the > schools to be able to show them things and let them to practical > activities. > > All the other textbooks from competing publishers always exclusively > talk about Windows, Access, MSWord and Excel. For a programming language > you have to stick to Java or Delphi - the latter of which is also easier > to use as introductory language, but is also only available on Windows. > > I could not stomach the fact that schools are forced in this subtle way > to use proprietary programs. I have no idea what tuxlabs schools do in > this regard... > > So I convinced the publisher that we need to (at the very least) cover > both worlds, the proprietary and the OSS. And for the latter I'm using > Ubuntu, OpenOffice, and BeanShell (for Java). (We included an Edubuntu > screenshot here and there as well.) > > I thought it would be really cool if we could also distribute an Ubuntu > (or Edubuntu) CD with the book, and possibly print instructions in the > book for getting such CDs (from shipit?). And this is the reason for > posting on the marketing list... > > Any ideas on how one can go about doing this? Any support available from > Canonical?
Posting the shipit address is free. As for actually getting cds, for that you would need to email shipit directly. I know they sell cds at cost, so that might be the best route for you to follow. Cheers, Corey -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
