Hi John - <br>Thanks for your offer! <br><br>We had a long previous discussion about ISBNs on this list at <a href="http://lists.flossmanuals.net/pipermail/discuss-flossmanuals.net/2009-March/thread.html">http://lists.flossmanuals.net/pipermail/discuss-flossmanuals.net/2009-March/thread.html</a> where we talked about what situations would allow us to reuse an ISBN even with underlying changes to the manual.<br>
<br>Let's talk off-list about PODs. Sounds like you have good experience we can draw from. Please email me.<br>Thanks,<br>Anne<br><br><br><span style="color: black;"><div dir="ltr"><div>
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</div></div></div></div></span><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:32 AM, John Rigdon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jrigdon@researchonline.net">jrigdon@researchonline.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Once an ISBN number is assigned, you should not make any revisions to the book without assigning a new ISBN number.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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I would like to work with you on this project and can provide answers on the print process and distribution.<br>
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sounds like a great idea :)<br>
I'll email you those covers (along with others that i have)<br>
is it possible to do it without ISBNs?<br>
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cara<br>
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Anne Gentle wrote:<br>
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Hi all -<br>
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.<br>
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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.<br>
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How do I get the covers for those books?<br>
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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?<br>
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Thanks for your help!<br>
Anne<br>
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