Re: FOSDEM 2006

[Sašo Kiselkov]

Quoting Helge Hess <helge.hess@opengroupware.org>:

> On 7. Mrz 2006, at 08:24 Uhr, Sa&#65533;o Kiselkov wrote:
> > Hmm, I don't think a full book would be very good for a start.
> > Perhaps we should rather start with a slight bit overgrown
> > brochure, like 20-30, perhaps 40 pages.
> > You know, like the distro manuals - 30 pages total, 4-5 color pages
> > on glossy
> > paper for nice pictures, harder paper cover, paperback binding. I
> > don't,
> > however, have any experience at organizing this kind of thing, so
> > the only
> > contribution I could make is with some contents of the brochure...
>
> The major issue is selling those brochures. Do you want to do that?
>
> Thats the difference to a publishing company which takes care that a
> book is sold.
> Note: don't expect to make any money from such a book, its usually
> consumed by the production costs at least in the first revision :-)
>
> Greets,
>    Helge
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Of course I don't want to make money, I want to "spread the word" :-) If I
wanted to make money, I wouldn't participate in the GNUstep project in the
first place.

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Saso