On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:00 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:48 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts
> wrote:
> >
> > On 12-10-08, at 17:24 , Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> >
> >> Rob Weir wrote:
> >>> I'm hesitant to just list every book that is published. ...
> >>> List them only when requested (l
Hi.
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
> I've added a paragraph to the top telling authors and publishers how
> they can send titles for possible inclusion:
>
> http://www.openoffice.org/support/books.html
I 'm reading all, and think the should consider the book as consultants.
The
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:48 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote:
>
> On 12-10-08, at 17:24 , Andrea Pescetti wrote:
>
>> Rob Weir wrote:
>>> I'm hesitant to just list every book that is published. ...
>>> List them only when requested (like we do with consultants)?
>>
>> This is probably the best optio
On 12-10-08, at 17:24 , Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> Rob Weir wrote:
>> I'm hesitant to just list every book that is published. ...
>> List them only when requested (like we do with consultants)?
>
> This is probably the best option.
>
>> List them but screen out ones that we consider to be
>> "lo
Rob Weir wrote:
I'm hesitant to just list every book that is published. ...
List them only when requested (like we do with consultants)?
This is probably the best option.
List them but screen out ones that we consider to be
"low value", e.g., an identical reprint of a free eBook?
We have la
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Andrea Pescetti
> wrote:
> > On 02/10/2012 Rob Weir wrote:
> >>
> >> One way to think of it is to treat the publisher or author (for
> >> self-published books) as the "consultant" in the terms of the policy.
> >>
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> On 02/10/2012 Rob Weir wrote:
>>
>> One way to think of it is to treat the publisher or author (for
>> self-published books) as the "consultant" in the terms of the policy.
>> They are the ones providing the service, via their book. So we w
Shane Curcuru wrote on Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 10:04:47 -0400:
> places to directly order the book. So including an Amazon or B&N link
> is fine if you want to do that. Note: it would not be a good idea to
Maybe make it a rotating link? i.e., it points to each shop an equal
portion of the time
On 10/2/2012 11:42 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
On our support website, at the bottom, we have a list of
OpenOffice-related books:
http://www.openoffice.org/support/
As you see, we have links to 3rd party pages for purchasing the books,
usually Amazon or Lulu.
I'm in the process of updating this page
On 02/10/2012 Rob Weir wrote:
One way to think of it is to treat the publisher or author (for
self-published books) as the "consultant" in the terms of the policy.
They are the ones providing the service, via their book. So we would
allow linking to the author's website or the publisher's websit
On 2 October 2012 22:22, Rob Weir wrote:
>
>
> Anyone else have a thought on this? I tend to agree with Kay here,
> that the book listings should be removed.
>
The problem with books is that they go out of date and they take a lot of
writing and maintaining. Reviews go out of date. Before we ca
On 10/02/2012 02:22 PM, Rob Weir wrote:
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
On 10/02/2012 09:37 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Donald Whytock
wrote:
Amazon can be considered a publisher. They have a mechanism for
publishing one's own ebook.
I jus
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>
>
> On 10/02/2012 09:37 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Donald Whytock
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Amazon can be considered a publisher. They have a mechanism for
>>> publishing one's own ebook.
>>>
>>
>> I just noticed this wh
Hi Rob and everyone else,
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Louis Suárez-Potts
Age of Peers, Inc.
PPMC Member
Apache OpenOffice
@luispo
On Tuesday, 2 October, 2012 at 16:31 , Rob Weir wrote:
snip
> >
> > Allow me a spasm of frustration. We went through this nearly a decade ago
> > and it was not a short process n
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote:
> Hi
>
>
> On Tuesday, 2 October, 2012 at 13:03 , Kay Schenk wrote:
>
> snip
>
>>
>> A bit of history on these. In the past, authors directly contacted OO.o
>> and asked for placement on this list -- no review by OO.o, no direct
>> entry by
Hi
On Tuesday, 2 October, 2012 at 13:03 , Kay Schenk wrote:
snip
>
> A bit of history on these. In the past, authors directly contacted OO.o
> and asked for placement on this list -- no review by OO.o, no direct
> entry by authors. You will note that a fair number of the entries are
> from
On 10/02/2012 09:37 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Donald Whytock wrote:
Amazon can be considered a publisher. They have a mechanism for
publishing one's own ebook.
I just noticed this when I looked to see if there are any new books
from 2012 not on that page. There
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Donald Whytock wrote:
> Amazon can be considered a publisher. They have a mechanism for
> publishing one's own ebook.
>
I just noticed this when I looked to see if there are any new books
from 2012 not on that page. There are a few books for the Kindle, not
avai
Amazon can be considered a publisher. They have a mechanism for
publishing one's own ebook.
If you're going to allow authors to make their own entries a la
consultants, they should probably be allowed to submit whatever link
they'd prefer. That might be an Amazon or B&N link, as the author
might
On our support website, at the bottom, we have a list of
OpenOffice-related books:
http://www.openoffice.org/support/
As you see, we have links to 3rd party pages for purchasing the books,
usually Amazon or Lulu.
I'm in the process of updating this page, as part of adding a list of
consultants,
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