On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Olliver Schinagl <oli...@schinagl.nl> wrote: > Hey all, > > > On 10-03-15 08:41, 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. > > Why have I not been contacted about this at all yet (by packt mostly). While > I think it's good that you are putting in effort, it feels a little as being > passed by. > > In any case, it's good that the book is being pushed, and if you are from > CubieTech or Allwinner, please atleast CC me, as I am the author after all. >
For the part for asking someone from CubieTech or Allwinner, it was something I suggested in my last message to them and got a positive reply. Most probably a private message will not work and you will need to contact both directly. In my initial email I got a positive reply from you, thanking me for this post. It makes sense for these things to be done by someone else than the author. When I replied to you, I mentioned that it would be good for this email to make it both the Olimex and Lemaker forums. I did not offer to do that, and it's something that you may want to pursue. I cc:ed Tom in these emails considering that a review from him would be nice. I did not act on that, so you may want to ping him as well. Simos -- 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.
