<div dir="auto">Absolutely agree with Anita, I was asked multiple times to author /co-author qgis books but I always had to back off due to lack of time and fear of the ammount of work involved.<div dir="auto">Cheers</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 27 Sep 2018, 08:37 Anita Graser, <<a href="mailto:anitagraser@gmx.at">anitagraser@gmx.at</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I also don't see it as concerning to list books from people that don't seem actively engaged in the wider community.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">If someone has a financial motive for writing books, they'll soon realize that there are much easier ways to make money. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">In the case of books, I think we should be proud about the increasing body of materials, particularly in other languages than English.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Regards,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Anita</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 11:18 PM Nathan Woodrow <<a href="mailto:madmanwoo@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">madmanwoo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I agree with Richard on this as well. Nothing wrong with having promoted books but I think we just just list them all.<div><br></div><div>Regards,<br>Nathan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 4:56 AM Andreas Neumann <<a href="mailto:a.neumann@carto.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">a.neumann@carto.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
I agree with Richard. Let's be happy that there are books out there.<br>
<br>
If someone writes a book about QGIS - it is not about the money anyway - <br>
you can't make a living out of that.<br>
<br>
Andreas<br>
<br>
<br>
Am 26.09.2018 um 20:39 schrieb Richard Duivenvoorde:<br>
> On 09/26/2018 07:57 PM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:<br>
>> Hi all,<br>
>><br>
>> the page<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/books/index.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/books/index.html</a><br>
>><br>
>> lists books done by core qgis developers and team, as well as others<br>
>> done by people who never contributed. In line with what we are doing for<br>
>> certification, promoting only people who actively collaborate with the<br>
>> project, it seems coherent to list only the first ones.<br>
>><br>
>> Opinions?<br>
> Mmm, isn't that too much?<br>
><br>
> I was just happy that we have some non-english books into the list (I<br>
> added a turkish one today). Only books of community members (which also<br>
> write) would be a short list.<br>
> I think we should just be happy to see as much books as possible :-)<br>
><br>
> The ordering at this moment is just:<br>
><br>
> - language<br>
> - date of publishing<br>
><br>
> But if others feel really differently, let me know.<br>
><br>
> Let's stay an open and inviting community I think.<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
><br>
> Richard Duivenvoorde<br>
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