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

Tom,

Le 2013-02-06 06:57, Tom Davies a écrit :
> 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 :)

This thread is all about Lulu and a suggested distribution process, and 
does not involve documentation. Documentation does not produce printed 
books nor, thus far, e-books ... which Lulu does (no ebooks except for 
one I believe).

Also, ODFAuthors manage the Lulu.com account and not the 
TDF/LibreOffice. I believe that Jean is the contact person with Lulu. 
ODFAuthors have been extremely generous in offering back to the 
community profits from the sale of the paperbacks.

So far, I have not mentioned anything that comes from the Docs team.

Seeing from KJ's note about e-books, yes, if the docs team gets into 
offering e-books, then we could then ask if Libraries could offer 
e-books. However, at this point, the only product available, which we 
could help in promoting, are the on-demand printed products from 
Lulu.com. Most Libraries still offer printed text books and most school 
board still look seriously at printed text as most classrooms are not 
outfitted with personalized "at every desk" computer device.

So, I don't think the docs team need to be involved here at this point, 
other than our giving them thanks for their on-going commitment to 
completing the guides, which, without this, would not be available in 
print at Lulu.com. We could later let the docs team know that we have a 
process where we will try proactively to get the printed books into 
libraries.

We can promote ebooks when they arrive, and, to our user base. Libraries 
will only need to be told of the accessibility of ebooks and really not 
require any follow-up except for the occasional check to see if the 
ebook version has been updated.

Cheers,

Marc


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