[FM Discuss] details for printing manuals

[John Rigdon]

Once an ISBN number is assigned, you should not make any revisions to the 
book without assigning a new ISBN number.

There are several other Print on Demand services including LuLu.com and 
CreateSpace.  I use CreateSpace which is an Amazon company.  I can't 
determine pricing from Lightning Source's website, but you can price out the 
book on both Lulu and CreateSpace.

I publish about a thousand titles - mostly on the Civil War, but I also have 
about 30 titles for Haiti, and I also do CD-ROM publication, an option not 
provided by LuLu or Create Space.

I would like to work with you on this project and can provide answers on the 
print process and distribution.

John Rigdon
www.researchonline.net
www.ngohaiti.com

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From: "Cara Bell-Jones" <carabelljones at googlemail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:57 AM
To: <discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net>
Subject: Re: [FM Discuss] details for printing manuals

> sounds like a great idea :)
> I'll email you those covers (along with others that i have)
> is it possible to do it without ISBNs?
>
> cara
>
>
> Anne Gentle wrote:
>> Hi all -
>> Janet Swisher and I are submitting a proposal for a talk and a booth at 
>> the Texas Linux Fest in April. We walked through the details of what we 
>> might need to stock a booth with books.
>>
>> The titles we're going to price for printing are once that the Linux 
>> audience might purchase in print, like How to Bypass Internet Censorship 
>> and Introduction to the GNU/Linux Command Line. We'll price them to 
>> include donations back to FM and FSF.
>>
>> How do I get the covers for those books?
>>
>> I'm also considering donating the startup costs for printing books 
>> through Lightning Source. I see the setup as the online way to taking 
>> files to a printer. I do want to run it by this group to any gotchas or 
>> considerations. I know Adam's concern is that Lightning Source may not 
>> allow updates once an ISBN is assigned, which I'll investigate. Are there 
>> other considerations? My plan would be to buy US ISBN numbers, does that 
>> have any inherent problems? Also, I'd have to choose a limited set of 
>> books for set up to keep costs down - what would be the "best" titles, 
>> and what criteria would you use to select those?
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>> Anne
>>
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