[Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

Hello, everyone. We publish our manual through CreateSpace.com. In addition to making the manual available for purchase through CreateSpace.com, they also offer additional distribution channels including Amazon.com. Recently, CreateSpace has offered three new distribution channels: 1. Bookstores

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

Kevin Sounds okay to me, especially as the next release is an LTS which will probably have a higher distribution anyway. Chris On Sunday, November 10, 2013, Kevin Godby wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > We publish our manual through CreateSpace.com. In addition to making > the manual available for

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

I agree with Chris below. Also, if we find that it doesn't increase the sales (by having more than one distribution channel), I'd find out if you can go back to just CreateSpace + Amazon for the lower cost. If so, I'd give it from the next manual (the LTS) to the following LTS manual, and decide wh

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > I agree with Chris below. Also, if we find that it doesn't increase the > sales (by having more than one distribution channel), I'd find out if > you can go back to just CreateSpace + Amazon for the lower cost. If so, > I'd give it from the

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

What are the available additional retailers for the French edition ? Unless it's compelling, a higher pricing may not make sense for the French edition. Pierre On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Kevin Godby wrote: > On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Patrick Dickey > wrote: > > I agree with Chri

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

Hi, Pierre. On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Pierre Slamich wrote: > What are the available additional retailers for the French edition ? Unless > it's compelling, a higher pricing may not make sense for the French edition. It doesn't list actual retailers. It just makes it easier for retailers

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

+1 to raise the price/add distribution channels. Mario Burgos IT Consultant - PetrieLabs *Cell*: 408.859.9355 *Email*: ma...@petrielabs.com On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Kevin Godby wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > We publish our manual through CreateSpace.com. In

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

I don't think we're going to see a surge of downloaders because we widened our distribution net and raised the price. Not saying it's a bad idea to broaden our exposure, but Ubuntu IS a free operating system and if I'm looking for a manual that's getting close to $10, then I'm hitting amazon.com an

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

The pdf is free to download. Up-to-date professional books start at 30.00 usd. On Nov 10, 2013 6:44 PM, "Jim Connett" wrote: > I don't think we're going to see a surge of downloaders because we widened > our distribution net and raised the price. Not saying it's a bad idea to > broaden our exposu

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Pricing and distribution question

On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Jim Connett wrote: > I don't think we're going to see a surge of downloaders because we widened > our distribution net and raised the price. Not saying it's a bad idea to > broaden our exposure, but Ubuntu IS a free operating system and if I'm > looking for a ma