Proposal to donate the writing of an ebook/book

[Naaman Campbell]

I would have to agree on the merit of having an official Ubuntu book.
Having an official glossy-covered Ubuntu book in the bookshops and
newsagencies would provide great advertising for the distribution.

If people haven't heard of Ubuntu because they aren't in the loop but
they see it on the shelf, they are going to at least pick it up and
read the 'rockin' description and screenshots on the back.  The book
and included CD could be targetted at a Dapper+1 release, our
documentation should be slick by then.

The problem is putting a price on it or not.  We could distribute the
books via ShipIt for free if there were to be funding for it, but we
wouldn't get it onto the shelves in bookstores without a price tag for
the stores to put a markup on.  We could then only give books away for
free from Ubuntu "stalls" at conferences..

The question is - Microsoft have Microsoft Press which is distributed
in mainstream bookstores, why can't we have Ubuntu Press?

Naaman.

On 2/1/06, Joseph Method <tristil at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just purchased a book by No Starch Press called How Linux Works,
> that I really like, and I'm probably going to buy The Debian System.
> On topic, it seems like there's a need for three kinds of books
> relating to a distribution:
>
> I.   Entry-user, how to use the standard programs, etc.
> II.  Administrative/advanced use of the system
> III. How to develop using this system, what you should know about
>
> I love the way No Starch makes their books, by the way, and it says on
> their page for The Debian System that "$1 from each purchase will be
> donated to the Debian Project", which could probably be higher if the
> author(s) forego royalties. Not sure if No Starch will do GPL'd books,
> but O'Reilly definitely does.
>
> It might be possible to *commision* these books, if it looked like
> there would be a return on value. Certainly, an official Ubuntu book
> would be a great promotional tool.
>
> On 1/30/06, George Deka <george.deka at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 31/01/06, Michael Steinberg <mlstein at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks everyone.
> > >
> > > In fact, I was looking at the sample chapter of the parallel SuSE book
> > > on APress and wondered myself about the need for my proposal. So I've
> > > posted the sample chapter at
> > > http://www.catsoutofthebag.com/4.welcome.pdf and await
> > your comments.
> > >
> > > Michael Steinberg
> > >
> > >
> > I like it, maybe once it is finished, ubuntu could get it published and
> > bring in some revenue to make the distro even better. - SABDFL ?
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