Thank you, my friend. And strangely, your kind words promote me to write again...
Oh, and you would prefer hard-cover? Those are always a tad more expensive then paperback :-/ Excuse me, AbiWord is calling my name... -Dante On 19 September 2011 19:12, tenach <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > This is something that I would enjoy in PDF, but would also buy a hardcopy > to put up on my shelf. If cost for publishing this in hard-cover would be an > issue, I am willing to help alleviate that problem (as in, I would love to > help put funds toward seeing this in the physical world). > > -Thomas “Tenach” Martin > > *From:* SII <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, September 19, 2011 11:04 AM > *To:* Synthetic Intellect Institute <[email protected]> ; Wintermute > Development <[email protected]> ; Wintermute > Psychology<[email protected]> > *Subject:* [Sii] The Parables of Wintermute > > Hello all. > > Considering the size of Wintermute, and the seemingly short time I have > left on this planet, I have taken the advice of a few members and have > started writing a book containing my ideas about the system, short stories > depicting it in various circumstances and articles on related topics. It > would be wrong to think it's a step-by-step guide on how to build the system > (there are still a lot of obstacles we need to overcome ourselves) it's more > of a design document which happens to cover the history of AI, philosophy, > and a few techniques. > > What I'd like to know is: what format would you kind folks like it in? > > I can easily produce an e-book for free; we already have hosting and the > bandwidth to download it (before you ask, the book in this form will be free > of cost) and I have the tools to both produce a pdf and epub (and most other > formats) > > I can also use a self-publishing service like lulu.com to provide a > printed copy; but that would cost both me and whomever wanted to buy it (and > I'm afraid I'd have to tack on a bit more on the price to cover the expenses > of self-publishing then just the publishers cost of manufacture) > > Finally, I could provide an audio-book; but that, understandably, would > take time. (and, if anyone is interested in this format, I don't suppose you > know a good tool to help with it's creation?) > > I would like the book to be free of cost in any form, but in the printed > version, I simply don't have the resources to pay for a number of books to > be printed :/ > > I expect the book, when completed, to number a couple of hundred pages > (which I was hoping would be this year, but due to a royal bugger-up > concerning AbiWord screwing things up and my backups not updated often > enough, will probably be the middle of next year) > > Thoughts? > > -Dante > > ------------------------------ > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sii > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sii > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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