[Qgis-community-team] publishing manual

[Yves Jacolin]

Hello Otto,

Even I think you ask thess questions to Jean-Roc, I have some answer !

Le lundi 18 avril 2011 07:13:03, Otto Dassau a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> thanks a lot Jean Roc for your work and for taking care of it.
> 
> - Should we try to add the current 1.6 manual to Lulu as well, or does that
>   make no sense? And what other literature would make sense? The gentle
>   introduction?
I think it should better to wait for the 1.7 other doc depends of the page 
number. Lulu.com proposes to print document that you can't print by yourself.
10 pages or so are not enought (too much work) but lulu.com won't refuse it 
except that some configuration need a minimal page number.

> - How much does a printed version finally cost? I assume it depends on the
>   number of pages. And how much do we want to earn for the project with it?
>   Some days before I discussed with Pirmin and we were thinking about
>   something like 20 Euro for the project per book. We had a look at BoD.de
>   and there a printed version with ISBN would be about 16 Euro + project
>   margin = 38 - 45 Euro. Does that make sense?
nope :(

A book cost ~ 30€, we (OSGeo-fr) "just" get ~ 5 € per book. You have some 
choice : b&w or color, quality of the first page, size, etc. which can modify 
the final price.

> - I tried to find the qgis manual you already printed - right?, but
> couldn't find it. Can you send me a link?
here is it http://www.lulu.com/browse/search.php?fListingClass=0&fSearch=osgeo

There are not direct link to OSGeo-fr shop :(

> - On other PoD platforms I found that figures need to have a resolution of
>   about 300dpi at least. What is your experience? Do we have to update /
>   improve the figures?

For the french version, picture are all ok :) I don't know if Jean-Roc changed 
anything, though.

> - How much costs a ISBN? I assume with ISBN we would be available via all
>   online bookshops and without only via Lulu and the link on our website?
> - Are there any other specific or monthly costs we have with Lulu?
no fees. They paid themself for each book they print.

> - On the BoD platform we would have to sign a contract for each new title
>   for 5 years. Is there something similar for lulu?
I don't remember something like this on lulu.com

This is a real value to propose printed book to our user, even if they are not 
so much money for us.

Y.
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Yves Jacolin

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