Hi Hernán, I think that LeanPub model[1] has a lot of sense for open source tech and its publications. As they say in their introductory videos in the home page[2][3], it will allow the author to improve the fitness between book as a product and audience as a market and there is a long history from "serial fiction". I certainly would like to test some of such ideas in the case of Grafoscopio powered publications, like the Data Driven Journalist Handbook[4] and some other booklets, for the next semester.
[1] https://leanpub.com/ [2] https://youtu.be/ozO0kOnqmyA [3] https://youtu.be/ozO0kOnqmyA?t=831 [4] http://mutabit.com/repos.fossil/mapeda/ Cheers, Offray On 02/02/18 22:52, Hernán Morales Durand wrote: > Hi Stef, > > 2018-02-02 16:16 GMT-03:00 Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.s...@gmail.com>: >> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 2:05 PM, Hernán Morales Durand >> <hernan.mora...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> One can make money by writing a Pharo-related book? >> Since most of the books I wrote are free I did not earn much. >> Most of the time if ESUG would not sponsor I would earn 200 Euros max. >> > Ok, please note that 200 euros is about half of the minimum salary at > least here: > > http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=200&From=EUR&To=ARS > https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Salario_m%C3%ADnimo_en_Argentina > > And the min salary is an absolute crap. > Yes, that's how bad it is. > >> Now the association could sponsor book too. >> We could also create a bounty for booklets. >> I would love to read books or booklets written by others and I'm ready >> to pay for it. >> I would like to read a book on IA, Bloc, And many topics in fact. >> >>> It takes a significant amount of effort to write a book, you know >>> better of course. >>> >>> Is there a plan for monetization so people maybe gets more motivated >>> to write Pharo material? >> I'm planning to make my last book on lulu (it is there but I'm waiting >> for the first printout) >> and to offer a good reduction to the association members. >> >> Stef > Thank you for the reply. > > Let me know if you'd like to add a bioinformatics or geographic > information retrieval chapter. I wrote the chapters in Markdown for > pandoc but I can convert them to Pillar once it's ready for Windows. > > Cheers, > > Hernán > >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Hernán >>> >
