[FM Discuss] details for printing manuals

[Anne Gentle]

Hi John -
Thanks for your offer!

We had a long previous discussion about ISBNs on this list at
http://lists.flossmanuals.net/pipermail/discuss-flossmanuals.net/2009-March/thread.htmlwhere
we talked about what situations would allow us to reuse an ISBN even
with underlying changes to the manual.

Let's talk off-list about PODs. Sounds like you have good experience we can
draw from. Please email me.
Thanks,
Anne


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On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:32 AM, John Rigdon <jrigdon at researchonline.net>wrote:

> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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