This blog entry has a nice comparison between lulu and createspace: http://www.burtonia.com/blog/2008/05/createspace-vs-lulu.html
After reading it and some other reviews, it sounds like it will be cheaper to do more than a few copies through createspace. I am still wondering about the rest/sphynx conversion and whether it affects the pdfs. -Marshall On Dec 10, 3:15 pm, mhampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Huh, when did that amazon tutorial come out? It says it was published > by CreateSpace. Did William do that? There is still an old tutorial > up on lulu.com, and that (lulu) was what I was going to use, but maybe > CreateSpace is better. I'll check it out. > > Will the rest/sphynx conversion affect the PDF version of the > documentation? Someone one IRC (I think M. Abshoff) told me that it > wouldn't matter for that, can someone confirm that? > > Thanks, > Marshall > > On Dec 10, 2:59 pm, "David Joyner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM, mhampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have been thinking about the booth at the joint meetings, and what > > > sort of merchandise we should have/give away/sell. I think the top > > > priority is to have dvds on hand so that people can easily install and > > > try out sage. > > > > So I am wondering what should be on a dvd. I helped burn some last > > > year but I didn't keep the image around. I am thinking it should > > > have: > > > > 1) binaries for macs and linux - is it worth having ppc binaries? > > > 2) source code > > > 3) vmware player - is that OK to include legally? > > > 4) vmware image > > > 5) Extra documentation - ? I.e. python documentation or sage-related > > > math texts. > > > I know this can be easily found in the manuals, but maybe a one page > > "here is how you get started using Sage in 30 seconds" guide > > for the extremely impatient (windows user) might be useful. > > > > I am planning on printing off some tutorials and Sage Constructions, > > > maybe a couple of programming guides but not the reference manual > > > (that was impressive last time but might not be worth the cost). Is > > > there any reason to wait for sage-3.3 to do this? Otherwise, to make > > > sure they are made on time I would like to do it this weekend. > > > > I am also thinking of making some Sage mugs and tee-shirts on > > > cafepress or some other similar website. Then I will order a small > > > number of these as prizes for a lottery drawing or simple contest. We > > > can keep some examples at the booth and anyone who wants one can order > > > their own online. I will post again soliciting designs. > > > > I thought it might also be nice to make Sage business cards, that list > > > the main page URL, the google-groups addresses, the IRC channel, the > > > lulu.com documentation link, and the mug & t-shirt cafepress links. > > > lulu? Do you mean > > amazon?http://www.amazon.com/Sage-Tutorial-www-sagemath-org-William-Stein/dp... > > > (BTW, when the rest/sphynx version comes out, this should be updated) > > > All your ideas sound great. I was wondering if I needed to do any dvd > > burnign but it sounds like > > you are just going to have someone professional do it? (Maybe kinkos does > > that?) > > > > Any comments and suggestions are appreciated. > > > > -Marshall Hampton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
