On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 09:41:14AM +0200, Simos Xenitellis wrote: > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Simos Xenitellis > <simos.li...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > As you may know, there is an introductory book about the A-Series of > > Allwinner SoCs (specifically A10, A13 and A20), called "Getting > > Started with Cubieboard", written by Olliver Schinagl and published by > > Packt Publishing Ltd. > > Read more at > > https://www.packtpub.com/hardware-and-creative/getting-started-cubieboard > > > > Packt is doing some publicity for this book. What they are doing is > > that they give the e-book version of the book in exchange for an > > online review. > > The idea is that by having several online reviews for the book, it > > helps prospective buyers to decide whether to buy or not. Obviously, > > you are free to write whatever you want in the review. > > > > I offered them my help in finding such reviewers, and they are looking > > for 3 persons. > > > > Here are the details: > > 1. Have a look at > > https://www.packtpub.com/hardware-and-creative/getting-started-cubieboard > > to decide if you are interested to go through this. > > 2. Write a review on Amazon, Google Books and goodreads. > > For Amazon, you need to have an account and have bought something in > > order to be able to post reviews. > > 3. Write a review on your personal blog or similar social media. > > > > If you are interested in taking part, please send me a private email. > > Please also add a sentence describing why it would be helpful to you > > to get a copy (to be used in case there are more than 3 replies). > > I'll collect replies until this Friday. > > If there are any general questions, reply here. > > I have no affiliation with Packt Publishing Ltd. > > > > I got some good replies and forwarded them to Packt. > They confirmed that they will be contacting you (if they did not do already) > with further details. > > I also suggested to Packt to get someone from either CubieTech or > Allwinner to review the book. > Obviously, such a thing would be mutually beneficial in terms of marketing. > > So, if you are from CubieTech or Allwinner, do contact me in private. > > Simos
Did you involve the author of the book in this action, at all? Luc Verhaegen. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to linux-sunxi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
