Hi Hernán, I think that LeanPub model[1] has a lot of sense for open source tech and its publications. As they say in their introductory videos in the home page[2][3], it will allow the author to improve the fitness between book as a product and audience as a market and there is a long history from "serial fiction". I certainly would like to test some of such ideas in the case of Grafoscopio powered publications, like the Data Driven Journalist Handbook[4] and some other booklets, for the next semester. [1] https://leanpub.com/ [2] https://youtu.be/ozO0kOnqmyA [3] https://youtu.be/ozO0kOnqmyA?t=831 [4] http://mutabit.com/repos.fossil/mapeda/ Cheers, Offray On 02/02/18 22:52, Hernán Morales Durand wrote:
Hi Stef,
2018-02-02 16:16 GMT-03:00 Stephane Ducasse <stepharo.self@gmail.com>:
On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 2:05 PM, Hernán Morales Durand <hernan.morales@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
One can make money by writing a Pharo-related book? Since most of the books I wrote are free I did not earn much. Most of the time if ESUG would not sponsor I would earn 200 Euros max.
Ok, please note that 200 euros is about half of the minimum salary at least here:
http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=200&From=EUR&To=ARS https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Salario_m%C3%ADnimo_en_Argentina
And the min salary is an absolute crap. Yes, that's how bad it is.
Now the association could sponsor book too. We could also create a bounty for booklets. I would love to read books or booklets written by others and I'm ready to pay for it. I would like to read a book on IA, Bloc, And many topics in fact.
It takes a significant amount of effort to write a book, you know better of course.
Is there a plan for monetization so people maybe gets more motivated to write Pharo material? I'm planning to make my last book on lulu (it is there but I'm waiting for the first printout) and to offer a good reduction to the association members.
Stef Thank you for the reply.
Let me know if you'd like to add a bioinformatics or geographic information retrieval chapter. I wrote the chapters in Markdown for pandoc but I can convert them to Pillar once it's ready for Windows.
Cheers,
Hernán
Cheers,
Hernán