[FM Discuss] How is the printed MYOSA selling?

Fri Jan 14 10:50:46 PST 2011

Greetings!

Thanks for the kind words about the RDC version of E-Book  
Enlightenment! We have received a LOT of positive feedback about it,  
and it has generated new interest in our program for 2011.

We also tell everyone we know about Booki, FM and the esteemed  
author :-)

Best regards,

Rebecca Malamud
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>   1. Re: How is the printed MYOSA selling? (James Simmons)
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> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:36:36 -0600
> From: James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com>
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> Adam,
>
> No need to explain.  I'll find out for myself eventually.  I'm working
> on a book (not a computer manual) that I intend to publish on Lulu
> and/or Amazon.  I just assumed that there were some setup costs.  If
> there aren't, and Anne has already done much of the work of creating
> the cover (which I believe she has) then that makes the decision to
> create a book for Lulu easier.
>
> I'm still interested in the sales figures, but there's no hurry.
>
> Thanks,
>
> James Simmons
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> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Adam Hyde <adam at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> Hey James. There are no upfront costs for using lulu. ?I can  
>> explain how it works of you are interested (will have to be nxt  
>> week tho). Adam
>>
>> "James Simmons" <nicestep at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anne,
>>>
>>> I greatly appreciated all your work on the cover of MYOSA. Since I
>>> would be depending on you to do the same for the other book, I'm
>>> especially interested in your opinion on whether there are enough
>>> printed copies of the first book out in the world to justify that  
>>> much
>>> work.
>>>
>>> There would not be that much work for me. ?I already have a pretty
>>> good style sheet worked out and it looks like changes to Booki will
>>> eliminate much of the page-break fixing I had to do last time.
>>>
>>> I know there are up-front costs the site paid to get the book on  
>>> Lulu
>>> too, and I'm wondering if the book actually paid for itself, or is
>>> likely to.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> James Simmons
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Anne Gentle <annegentle at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi James -
>>>> It can be a race between Adam and I. :) I can get that information
>>> for you
>>>> but not from this computer, so give me the weekend to look it up.
>>>>
>>>> The E-Book Enlightenment full-color was beautiful. Really enjoyed
>>> getting
>>>> that as a result of the Kickstarter donation.
>>>>
>>>> Anne
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:37 AM, James Simmons  
>>>> <nicestep at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm thinking that I might be getting close to the point where I
>>> could
>>>>> prepare "E-Book Enlightenment" for publication by Lulu. ?The Rural
>>>>> Design Collective did a printing of about 25 copies of that book
>>> some
>>>>> months ago, and they did a beautiful job on what I considered to  
>>>>> be
>>> an
>>>>> unfinished (but still useful) book. ?If I did a printing with Lulu
>>> I'd
>>>>> want it to look more like a regular FLOSS Manual, with a white
>>>>> wraparound cover, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> The thing that makes me wonder if doing the work required for this
>>> is
>>>>> worthwhile is that I have no idea of how many copies of the  
>>>>> printed
>>>>> book "Make Your Own Sugar Activities!" have been sold. ?Since  
>>>>> the FM
>>>>> website gets what profits there may (or not) be I'm thinking you
>>> would
>>>>> be able to give me a count. ?Obviously it was fun for me to have a
>>>>> printed book available but I do have to wonder if doing the same
>>> thing
>>>>> for the second book would be worth the effort. ?I can always just
>>> make
>>>>> an e-book out of it and post it to the Internet Archive. ?(MYOSA  
>>>>> got
>>>>> 67 downloads from there so far).
>>>>>
>>>>> The RDC might want to do another limited printing too. ?Their
>>> printing
>>>>> was in full color and really showed off the great artwork done for
>>> the
>>>>> book in a way that the normal FM printing would not. ?If only a
>>> small
>>>>> number were interested in getting a printed copy that might be a
>>>>> better way to go.
>>>>>
>>>>> James Simmons
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