Jaime Villate wrote:
>I can go ahead and add the GPL copyright and copying statement. In the
>copyright line, I suggest we write something such as:
>
>Copyright (c) 2008, The Maxima Project.
>
>It might be a good idea to add an appendix at the end, listing the names
>of the members of the project and acknowledging other contributors, for
>instance, authors of documentation for additional packages.
>
>
All these changes should be added to the original 876 page PDF.
>I can work on that over the weekend. To check wheather you can open the
>PDF's I create, and that the quality is acceptable, please look at this
>sample: http://fisica.fe.up.pt/maxima/book/cover.pdf
>
>
I had no problem with that. The question would be the resolution, it
should be equivalent to
300 dots per inch. A PDF, JPG, or GIF would work,
>>For the front cover in additional to the title
>>Maxima, a Computer Algebra System
>>I would suggest...
>>
>>
>I agree with all your suggestions. I'll give it a try and show some
>results in this list.
>
>I have some questions:
>
>
>- What kind of binding would the book have?l
>
>
It's called Perfect Binding, like a paper back book. I just checked
lulu.com, the
maximum sized 8.5 x 11 b/w book is 470 pages. We would have cut something
or break it into two books.
>- What would be its selling price?
>
>
The manufacturing cost for 740 pages is $19.33, 400 pages $12.53
We add whatever profit we want. We get 80% of that, Lulu keeps 20%
>- I which site would it be available for purchase?
>
>
Lulu at http://www.lulu.com/en/buy/. We would have our own entry
for the book. We could post a link on the Maxima site.to our book
on the Lulu site.
>- Can we look at other examples produce by the same publisher?
>
>
http://www.lulu.com/en/buy/
>As a reference, if we used cafepress.com, the cover price would be
>$33.28 (for 876 pages) and it would be available from their site and
>some bookstores. Their publishing procedure is very simple; I could go
>ahead and have it published just by uploading the PDF's for the text and
>covers, plus some information on the book. However, I'm first going to
>order one of their titles, to check how efficient they are and to see
>the quality of their books.
>
>
>Should we get an ISBN number for the manual?
>
>
Published By You - $99.95
Published By You is a one-of-a-kind program that allows you to be your
own publisher and makes your work available to retailers worldwide.
Online retailers, such as Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and brick and
mortar stores can order the work, as a result of being included in the
bibliographic feeds Lulu provides. Published By You will assign a
single-assignment ISBN to your work and YOU will be registered as the
official publisher of your work.
As the official publisher of the work, you may use this ISBN outside of
the Lulu distribution network after removing it from Lulu.com. Your work
will be sold by both Lulu.com and other online retailers.
We recommend Published By You if you want your work to be sold on Amazon
and elsewhere but wish to retain publisher rights under this ISBN.
Published By Lulu - $99.95
In addition to selling your work on Lulu.com, Published By Lulu allows
you to make your work available to retailers worldwide. Online
retailers, such as Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com, and brick and mortar
stores can order the work, as a result of being included in the
bibliographic feeds Lulu provides. Formerly titled 'Global
Distribution,' Published By Lulu will assign a Lulu-owned ISBN to your
work and Lulu will be registered as the official publisher of your work.
By selecting Published By Lulu you give Lulu non-exclusive rights to
sell and distribute your work, however, as always on Lulu, you retain
the copyright as the creator.
We recommend Published By Lulu if you want your work to be sold on
Amazon and elsewhere but do not care to retain any publisher rights
under this ISBN.
>
>