On Sunday, March 16, 2014 04:48:09 PM you wrote:
> On Monday, March 17, 2014 06:39:24 AM you wrote:
> > I changed the subject line.
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 6:01 AM, wrote:
> > > On Sunday, March 16, 2014 09:47:33 AM you wrote:
> > >> On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 6:58 AM,
>
> wrote:
> > >> > On Saturday, March 15, 2014 03:24:11 AM you wrote:
> > >> >> On Saturday, March 15, 2014 03:15:06 AM you wrote:
> > >> >> > On Saturday, March 15, 2014 04:08:59 PM you wrote:
> > >> >> > > > Jean,
> > >> >> > > >
> > >> >> > > > Is it possible to get Amazon.com to stock hard/soft copy and
> > >> >> > > > Google
> > >> >> > > > Books
> > >> >> > > > to stock soft copy (they already support PDF in addition to
> > >> >> > > > epub.)
> > >> >> > > > It
> > >> >> > > > would would not be bad to see if Barnes and Noble as well as
> > >> >> > > > Kobo
> > >> >> > > > would
> > >> >> > > > also stock the soft copy for their Ebook Readers as well. This
> > >> >> > > > would
> > >> >> > > > certainly assist with in reaching new users particularly if
> > >> >> > > > they
> > >> >> > > > are
> > >> >> > > > provided for free and would provide some great advertising as
> > >> >> > > > well.
> > >> >> > > >
> > >> >> > > > I know Amazon and Google have programs to self publish but I
> > >> >> > > > have
> > >> >> > > > not
> > >> >> > > > actually tried them out though.
> > >> >> > > >
> > >> >> > > > Is anyone interested is publishing them in epub or mobi? I
> > >> >> > > > would
> > >> >> > > > like
> > >> >> > > > to
> > >> >> > > > learn how to format and produce epub so if someone knows how
> > >> >> > > > and
> > >> >> > > > wants
> > >> >> > > > to
> > >> >> > > > lead this then I am willing to port some chapters!
> > >> >> > > >
> > >> >> > > > Tim
> > >> >> > >
> > >> >> > > Tim,
> > >> >> > > As I have said on previous occasions when this topic came up:
> > >> >> > > yes,
> > >> >> > > it
> > >> >> > > is possible to get printed books and ebooks (in several formats)
> > >> >> > > to
> > >> >> > > be
> > >> >> > > stocked by Amazon and others. Lulu (where we publish our books)
> > >> >> > > will
> > >> >> > > take care of it for us (previously there was a fee, but now
> > >> >> > > there
> > >> >> > > is
> > >> >> > > not). There is some extra work involved that sounds easy but is
> > >> >> > > not.
> > >> >> > > I
> > >> >> > > have begun taking steps to do this for the v4.2 books.
> > >> >> > >
> > >> >> > > Amazon's self-publishing program (I don't know about Google's)
> > >> >> > > has
> > >> >> > > cost, taxation, and other problems for us that I don't have the
> > >> >> > > energy
> > >> >> > > to describe in detail right now. I personally will not consider
> > >> >> > > using
> > >> >> > > them, but others can pursue this if they wish to.
> > >> >> > >
> > >> >> > > We can, of course, produce our own ebooks (epub, mobi, other
> > >> >> > > formats)
> > >> >> > > from chapters and/or full books with or without Lulu's help, and
> > >> >> > > publish them on our own wiki and website along with the ODTs and
> > >> >> > > PDFs
> > >> >> > > for users to download at no cost.
> > >> >> > >
> > >> >> > > Dan Lewis has done some work converting files to epub. He has
> > >> >> > > said
> > >> >> > > that the latest version of Calibre does a much better and easier
> > >> >> > > job
> > >> >> > > of converting our files than earlier versions did. I don't think
> > >> >> > > Dan
> > >> >> > > is available to lead an effort to do major conversions, but
> > >> >> > > that's
> > >> >> > > for
> > >> >> > > him to say.
> > >> >> > > ev
> > >> >> > > IMO we need to make some changes to our template to make the
> > >> >> > > conversion process easier and give better results. I have
> > >> >> > > documented
> > >> >> > > some of this somewhere. You might be able to find it by
> > >> >> > > searching
> > >> >> > > the
> > >> >> > > archives for this list, or it might be on the wiki. IIRC, mainly
> > >> >> > > the
> > >> >> > > changes involve getting rid of our custom style names wherever
> > >> >> > > possible and using the built-in style names instead.
> > >> >> > >
> > >> >> > > This change in style names is part of the plan to produce a new
> > >> >> > > template for our books, but that plan keeps getting stalled for
> > >> >> > > various reasons. Also, work on the template over the past few
> > >> >> > > years
> > >> >> > > seems to have focused on changes that affect mainly the
> > >> >> > > appearance
> > >> >> > > of
> > >> >> > > the resulting PDFs & printed books and not on changes that
> > >> >> > > affect
> > >> >> > > the
> > >> >> > > conversion process to other formats.
> > >> >> > >
> > >> >> > > --Jean
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Jean,
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > I decided I wanted to go ahead and try out The Google Books
> > >> >> > Partnership
> > >> >> > Publishing, I went ahead and published The LibreOffice 4.0 Getting
> > >> >> > Started
> > >> >> > Guide in its official non-modified state to Google Book
