[Booki-dev] [FM Discuss] Author names and Booki/OBJAVI

[adam]

yep good point...can u file this in the issue tracker?

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adam



On Sat, 2010-12-18 at 19:20 -0600, James Simmons wrote:
> When I proudly showed off my book "Make Your Own Sugar Activities!"
> hot off the presses from Lulu everyone but everyone had the same
> question: "Where is your name?"  Well, my name is on the book, and I
> have a short bio that goes with it, but the author name is not on the
> title page where most people will look for it.
> 
> I understand that FLOSS Manuals are in general written by teams and in
> such cases nobody "owns" the book.  Fine for them, and fine for me
> when I'm doing a FLOSS Manual.  However, we're looking to make Booki
> do much more than just FLOSS Manuals.  We're going to have corrected
> EPUBs from the Internet Archive, new translations of books, novels,
> poems, plays, etc.  All those things need to have author names on the
> title page.
> 
> Just some food for thought.
> 
> James Simmons
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