On 26/03/2016 23:37, anne-ology wrote: >> These guides do generate a sundry, but useful, amount of income for the TDF >> and wider LibreOffice community. > [huh ???]
The slightly inaccurate, but easier to explain answer, is that dead tree guides are printed and distributed by Lulu.(^1) Consequently, they are available on Amazon(^2), and a few other Internet only sites. Periodically Jean publishes a financial report, that says how many copies were sold, how much revenue was generated, and where that revenue went. ^1: Personally, I think that ODF should go directly to Ingram Express. Whilst both the initial cost, and annual cost would be slightly higher, that is more than offset by both the greater distribution presence that Ingram offers, and slush pile quality reputation that Lulu currently enjoys. ^2: Whilst indie authors have a fascination with "the amazon strategy", that strategy was formulated for specific fiction genres. Currently, the Amazon strategy only works with CreateSpace, not Ingram Express. Were Amazon to retweak their ordering algorithm to favour Ingram Express over CreateSpace, using Ingram Express might, once again, become a viable part of the Amazon Strategy. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
