This strikes me as being along the same lines as having a nascar-esqe badging page. IMO the more books, the merrier. No specific endorsements.
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 7:45 PM, kel...@backbonetechnology.com < kel...@backbonetechnology.com> wrote: > Despite the obvious conflict of interest in me replying to this, I think > showcasing CloudStack books is a great way to help spread the access to > accessibility resources for new CloudStack consumers/users. > > These are also 'pure' CloudStack books we are discussing, so I see no > issues present, or potential misrepresentation, or inadvertent endorsements. > > My 2 cents. :) > > Sent from my HTC > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Noah Slater" <nsla...@apache.org> > To: "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org" <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org> > Subject: Packt Book - Publish on our website? > Date: Mon, May 20, 2013 7:02 PM > > Might be better to frame this as "do we want to feature CloudStack books on > our website". That removes the concern about us endorsing anything. (Which > I think in general we ought to avoid.) > > > On 20 May 2013 20:33, Musayev, Ilya <imusa...@webmd.net> wrote: > > > +1, if they indeed guarantee %2 contribution to ASF. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: kel...@backbonetechnology.com > > > [mailto:kel...@backbonetechnology.com] > > > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 3:26 PM > > > To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org > > > Subject: Re: Packt Book - Publish on our website? > > > > > > Also I too have high expectation, I hope they responded to the dozens > of > > > pages of notes I sent them, lol. > > > > > > FYI I have not yet received my copy. > > > > > > Sent from my HTC > > > > > > ----- Reply message ----- > > > From: "kel...@backbonetechnology.com" > > > <kel...@backbonetechnology.com> > > > To: <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org> > > > Subject: Packt Book - Publish on our website? > > > Date: Mon, May 20, 2013 12:22 PM > > > > > > That's the book I was a technical advisor on. Really curious to see how > > it > > > turned out. :) > > > > > > Sent from my HTC > > > > > > ----- Reply message ----- > > > From: "David Nalley" <da...@gnsa.us> > > > To: <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org> > > > Subject: Packt Book - Publish on our website? > > > Date: Mon, May 20, 2013 10:10 AM > > > > > > On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Joe Brockmeier <j...@zonker.net> > wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 20, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Chip Childers wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > > > >> > > > >> It appears that Packt has published their Apache CloudStack book > [1], > > > >> and will be making a donation to the ASF for 2% of all sales of the > > > >> book. > > > >> > > > >> They asked my off list if we wanted to promote the book on our > > > >> website, so I'm raising this question here. I've found an example > of > > > >> another Apache project that does this: Solr has books on their > website > > > [2]. > > > >> > > > >> BTW - if we add the Packt book, I'd also suggest adding the book > that > > > >> our Japanese User Group's book [3]. > > > >> > > > >> Thoughts? > > > > > > > > I'd see adding a book to the Web site as an endorsement. Are we > > > > prepared to endorse this book? > > > > > > > > > > I am a few chapters in now (I just got started this morning) Let's get > a > > few > > > people to read through it first. > > > Kelcey was one of the technical reviewers, so I have high expectations > :) > > > > > > --David > > > > > > -- > NS >
