Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice "Documentation in Local Libraries Project"

This is a marketing issue as well as a documentation issue.

Getting the LO books on the shelves of the local libraries is a good 
idea.  That will make LO a more "accepted" package to some people, if 
they can see the reference books in their local libraries.


On 02/06/2013 06:57 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Please could we try to keep discussions on the right lists?  When something is relevant to the 
> documentation team we could just forwards the thread to the documentation team for them to discuss.
>
> Of course the docs team are interested in getting the guides out to as many distribution networks 
> as reasonably possible.  Also they are likely to be in a better position to decide how to make it 
> possible.  Of course the marketing team can try to make all the decisions for them but this list 
> might not be aware of details.  Details that the documentation team might have factored in if they 
> had been allowed to discuss it themselves.
>
> Delegating is a good way to manage a project.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
>
> > ________________________________
> > From: klaus-jürgen weghorn ol <ol@sophia-louise.de>
> > To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org
> > Cc: LibreO - Marketing Global <marketing@global.libreoffice.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2013, 9:35
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice "Documentation in Local Libraries Project"
> >
> > Hi Marc, Jean,
> > Am 06.02.2013 09:45, schrieb Marc Paré:
> >
> > [...]
> > > (For example, my school board operates 51 libraries, some small/others
> > > quite large, sample texts arrive weekly to the libraries and most often
> > > are not put on the stacks but are either left on a shelf for later
> > > disposal or distributed to teachers who think may use them, BUT only
> > > after being vetted by the head librarian to make sure the texts follow
> > > school board teaching philosophies and programme expectations. If the
> > > texts do not follow programme expectations, then they are not accepted
> > > for library use. In our case, the LibreOffice guides fit in well but
> > > still must go through internal vetting approval process. The more
> > > well-known are guides the shorter the vetting process.)
> > In Germany many libraries start now to offer e-books. And I think many
> > in Canada/Australia and all over the world do this.
> > Why don't you try to get our e-books (epub/pdf) first in the libraries?
> > No expenses. When we will get in such a library then the question about
> > written books will come from the users.
> >
> > Ok, there is for now only one epub for Getting started 3.3 [1] but this
> > may be an Easy Hack for documentation list doing it especially with 4.0.
> > And all books are available as pdf.
> >
> > [1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
> >
> > --
> > Grüße
> > k-j
> >
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