Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Fwd: LibreOffice Guide in the Ubuntu App Store

[Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com>]

You are correct. We use Lulu for selling printed books; they deal with
all the packing and posting. (One can sell PDFs through Lulu, but we
don't.) The Ubuntu Apps Store is for downloadable PDFs (and possibly
other eBook formats; I haven't checked). I'm inclined to take Bjoern's
suggestion and charge the minimum, US$2.99. Of this (or any other
price we set), the Ubuntu store takes 20%, so that takes care of your
suggestion of some going back to Ubuntu.

What is DistroWatch?

--Jean

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi :)
> Fantastic! :)  Yes, i think the same price as is charged at Lulu to keep it fair?
>
> Hmmm, Lulu do physical printed books and deal with postage&packing whereas i think the Ubuntu App's Store is just downloadable and not printed?  If so then i don't know what would be a good price.
>
> I would like to see some of that money eventually go upstream to TDF main, some back to Ubuntu as a "thank you" and some to DistroWatch so that they can continue their excellent coverage of huge range of distros with less to worry about.  I think DW would notice and appreciate even something like $50/month.  It might be tactically good to buy some advertising space on their website so that people can click from there to buy the guides from Lulu.  The Ubuntu Apps store might get the team more revenue but it would be good to support DW too imo.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> --- On Wed, 16/5/12, Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com>
> Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Fwd: LibreOffice Guide in the Ubuntu App Store
> To: Documentation@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Wednesday, 16 May, 2012, 12:16
>
> FYI, team.
> I replied: "Yes, I think that is an excellent idea. What should I do,
> just follow the instructions on that page?"
>
> --Jean
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bjoern Michaelsen <bjoern.michaelsen@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, May 16, 2012 at 1:34 AM
> Subject: LibreOffice Guide in the Ubuntu App Store
> To: jeanweber@gmail.com
> Cc: Bjoern Michaelsen <bjoern.michaelsen@canonical.com>
>
>
> Hi Jean,
>
> I wondered if you are interested in adding the LibreOffice Guides to
> the Ubuntu App Store:
>
>  http://developer.ubuntu.com/publish/
>
> for the minimum price of 2.99USD with the money going to either the
> Docs Team directly or to TDF. While I dont expect huge amounts of
> money from this, it might:
>
> a) make the guides more visible
> b) make them appear more valuable as they are not free in the shop
> c) make some who are too lazy (or who always thought of donating, but
> never quite got there) to "buy" the guide even though it is freely
> downloadable if you look for the URL
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Best,
>
> Bjoern
>
> P.S.: Please reply to the canonical email if possible, Im just in a
> system transition so sending this from my private account as an
> interim solution.
>
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