the issue is not the ease of the technology (we certainly know how to do that!);
the issue is the legal structure of it... that will need some more thinking and work (and decisions, since it brings with it responsibilities, and creates more work of its own). On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Alexandre Andrade<alexandrema...@gmail.com> wrote: > About 2), it is easy if you use paypal, > > https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/xcl/rec/donate-intro-outside > > > > 2009/8/27 mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> >> >> I apologize for my comment below. It did not come out well. >> >> 1) Yes, if people send me receipts I will email back the new book >> >> 2) There should be a mechanism to accept donations. >> >> 3) There is no much profit on my side in selling the book and I try to >> reinvest those profits into web2py (I pay for google adwords, bought >> the trademark, hats for 2 pycon conferences). >> >> People have correctly pointed out that 2 and 3 should be separate. So >> far I have avoided setup a mechanism for accepting donations because I >> prefer donations of time (you can use to develop and learn web2py >> code) and work (contribute to web2py, translate docs, blog about it, >> etc.) more than monetary donations. >> >> Number of sold copies of the book is important mostly because it is an >> objective measure of the users' base. It tells me (and people I talk >> to) that there are hundreds of people willing to put some money behind >> web2py. >> >> Massimo >> >> On Aug 27, 10:33 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: >> > Yes, makes no difference to me but consider, you'd be cutting few >> > valuable dollars from the web2py budget. ;-) >> > >> > On Aug 27, 9:47 am, Don Lee <sam...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > I believe in a previous thread you wrote that people who bought the >> > > previous >> > > edition from lulu could get a free copy of the 2nd edition if they >> > > sent you >> > > a copy of their receipt. Does that offer still stand? >> > >> > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 7:24 AM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> >> > > wrote: >> > >> > > > Yes this was a mistake. >> > >> > > > On Aug 27, 6:16 am, villas <villa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > > Content is great -- but for me there is a niggle: where are the >> > > > > bookmarks? >> > >> > > > > It is a trivial matter to include bookmarks, I just spent 15 mins >> > > > > adding some; but surely these should already be included in a >> > > > > paid- >> > > > > for PDF? >> > >> > > > > Please consider this a positive criticism because I think the book >> > > > > itself is brilliant -- thanks! >> > > > > -- > Atenciosamente > > -- > ========================= > Alexandre Andrade > Hipercenter.com > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
