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" <jimandma...@gmail.com> 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 manual that's getting close to $10, then I'm hitting > amazon.com and looking for professionally published material. That's just > me. > > Do we have any statistics showing how many buyers we currently have > through our current distribution channels? > > > > --sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III phone > On Nov 10, 2013 4:44 PM, "Mario H. Burgos" <ma...@petrielabs.com> wrote: > >> +1 to raise the price/add distribution channels. >> >> Mario Burgos >> IT Consultant - PetrieLabs >> *Cell*: 408.859.9355 >> *Email*: ma...@petrielabs.com >> <http://blog.petrielabs.com> >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Kevin Godby <god...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> 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 and Online Retailers. Make your book available to online >>> and offline retailers such as Barnes & Noble and to distributors such >>> as Ingram and NACSCORP. >>> >>> 2. Libraries and Academic Institutions. Make your book available >>> through Baker & Taylor to libraries and academic institutions. >>> >>> 3. CreateSpace Direct. Make your book available to certified resellers >>> through our wholesale website. >>> >>> However, if I opt to have our manuals made available through these new >>> channels, it raises the minimum price of the manual. >>> >>> For example, Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.10 (English edition) >>> currently has a minimum price of $4.49. If I enable the new channels, >>> the manual may be available to more people (if bookstores and >>> libraries buy it), but the minimum price would become $6.73. >>> >>> I wanted to get everyone's opinion on what we should do here. Should >>> we make our manual available through more channels but at a higher >>> cost or should we try to keep costs as low as possible and provide the >>> manual only through CreateSpace and Amazon? >>> >>> (Note that this doesn't have any impact on the free PDF downloads that >>> we provide. They will always remain free.) >>> >>> Thanks for your thoughts! >>> >>> —Kevin Godby >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual >>> Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual >> Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >>
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