Como cortesía del equipo de moderación, traduzco el mensaje de James Simmons:<br><br><div style="margin-left:40px"><i>Voy a intentar responder algunos de los emails en castellano sobre este libro.<br><br>1).<span lang="es"><span> El libro es</span> <span>un libro de bolsillo</span><span>,</span> <span>con una encuadernación</span> <span>pegada</span> <span>y una cubierta</span> <span>envolvente (traducción con imprecisiones)</span><span>.</span> <span>La cubierta es</span> <span>de color</span><span>,</span> <span>las páginas interiores</span> <span>en blanco y negro</span><span>.</span></span><br>
<br>2). La ilustración de la tapa fué hecha por Oceana Rain Fields, una
estudiente que hizo una tutoría con un grupo llamado "the Rural Design
Collective" (<span lang="es"><span>Colectivo de</span> <span>Diseño</span> <span>Rural</span></span>). <span lang="es"><span>Ella tiene</span> <span>una pequeña beca</span> <span>para trabajar</span> <span>con ellos,</span> <span>y una de las</span> <span>cosas que ella hizo</span> <span>fue</span> <span>ilustraciones de</span> <span>mis libros. Esta ilustración fué usada por la versión del libro en Lulu.com,</span></span>
los beneficios de haber ido al sitio de FLOSS Manuals. Yo no uso su
ilustración en la versión e-book porque no quería aprovecharme de su
trabajo.<span lang="es"><span> Eso fue cuando</span> <span>parecía probable</span> <span>que hubiera</span> <span>un beneficio.</span></span><span lang="es"><span>Yo era joven</span> <span>e ingenuo</span> <span>en aquel entonces. Yo </span></span><span lang="es"><span>ahora creo que</span> <span>teniendo</span> <span>su arte</span> <span>en estos libros</span> <span>es</span> <span>probable que lo haga mejor que lo que yo escribo</span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span></span> (Traducción con imprecisiones). Son realmente buenos los libros que buscan.<br>
<br>3). <span lang="es"><span>Puedo hacer</span> <span>63 centavos de dólar</span> <span>cuando compran el</span> <span>libro en Amazon</span><span>,</span> <span>$ 2 +</span> <span>cuando compran</span> <span>a través</span> <span>CreateSpace</span></span>. <span lang="es"><span>Opiniones sobre</span> <span>el sitio de Amazon</span> <span>sería de gran ayuda. </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps alt-edited">Sin importar</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">lo que ocurra en</span> <span class="hps">cualquier sitio</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">mantengo mi</span> <span class="hps">trabajo del día.</span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps">Yo</span> <span class="hps">estoy cobrando</span> <span class="hps">la mitad de lo</span> <span class="hps">FLOSS Manuals</span> <span class="hps">hizo</span> <span class="hps">en Lulu</span><span>, así que</span> <span class="hps">no dejen que el</span> <span class="hps">bajo precio los engañe</span><span>.</span></span> Estos son libros que ustedes estarán orgullosos de tener, pero <span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps">los dejarán</span><span class="hps"> de lado</span> <span class="hps">para hacer una impresión</span> <span class="hps">cuando las chicas</span> <span class="hps">se acerquen.</span></span><br>
<br>4). Soy consiente de Python 3 en el horizonte, etc. Yo no estoy a la revisión del libro por el momento.<span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps"> Mi</span> <span class="hps">proyecto literario</span> <span class="hps">actual es una</span> <span class="hps">transcripción y</span> <span class="hps">comentario sobre el</span> <span class="hps">Bhagavad</span> <span class="hps">Purana</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">un libro que tengo</span> <span class="hps">un poco de historia</span> sobre él. </span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps">Al igual que</span> <span class="hps">Steve Jobs,</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">yo solía</span> <span class="hps">asistir a las</span> <span class="hps">fiestas</span> <span class="hps">libres</span> <span class="hps">de domingo en</span> <span class="hps">el templo Hare Krishna</span><span>. </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps">A diferencia de él</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">conocí a una chica</span> <span class="hps">muy agradable</span> <span class="hps">que me ha</span> <span class="hps">convencido de que</span> <span class="hps">el movimiento tenía</span> <span class="hps">más que ofrecer que</span> <span class="hps">la comida gratis. </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps">En ese momento yo</span> <span class="hps">estaba más interesado en</span> <span class="hps">lo que ella tenía para</span> <span class="hps">ofrecer, y</span> <span class="hps">ustedes pueden leer</span> <span class="hps">la triste historia</span> <span class="hps">entera en</span> </span>"The Life And Times Of Bhakta Jim" (<span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps">La vida</span> <span class="hps">y los tiempos de</span> <span class="hps">Bhakta</span> <span class="hps">Jim)</span><span class="">, también disponible en</span> <span class="hps">Amazon.com.</span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps alt-edited"> Cuando esté</span> <span class="hps">listo para cambiar</span> <span class="hps">mi enfoque</span> <span class="hps">del sánscrito</span> <span class="hps">de vuelta a</span> <span class="hps">Python</span>, lo haré saber<span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">.</span></span><br>
<span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span></span><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps">5).</span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps"> Yo estaba</span> <span class="hps">esperando que el</span> <span class="hps">libro de Inglés</span> fuera<span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">un esfuerzo de colaborativo</span><span>, como</span> <span class="hps">otros FLOSS Manuals</span><span class="hps">,</span> <span class="hps">y como</span> <span class="hps">fué</span> <span class="hps">la traducción</span><span>. </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps">Sigo pensando que</span> <span class="hps">es una buena idea</span> <span class="hps">para la</span> <span class="hps">edición de</span> <span class="hps">Python 3 </span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">si alguno de ustedes</span> <span class="hps">estaría interesado</span><span>.</span></span><br>
<span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span></span></span><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span>6). Por ahora el libro está disponible en </span></span> Amazon.com y CreateSpace. <span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps">Me gustaría</span> <span class="hps">que esté disponible</span> <span class="hps">en otros</span> <span class="hps">sitios de Amazon</span><span class="">. </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps">He pagado por</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span><span class="">una mayor distribución</span><span>", que significa</span> <span class="hps">que el libro</span> <span class="hps">está en la lista</span> <span class="hps">de</span> <span class="hps">los catálogos</span> <span class="hps">utilizados por</span> <span class="hps">otros sitios y</span> <span class="hps">por las tiendas</span> <span class="hps">de libros.</span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps"> Se llevará a</span> <span class="hps">6 semanas</span> <span class="hps">+ para</span> <span class="hps">realmente</span> <span class="hps">estar en la lista</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">y que sólo</span> <span class="hps">significa que</span> <span class="hps">podría</span> <span class="hps">estar en la lista</span> <span class="hps">de</span> <span class="hps">sitios web basados</span> <span class="hps">en América del Sur</span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps">. </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps"> No</span> <span class="hps">garantiza</span> <span class="hps">sin embargo.</span> <span class="hps">Voy a</span> <span class="hps">hacer lo que pueda</span> <span class="hps">para que esto ocurra</span><span class="">, por</span> <span class="hps">lo</span> <span class="hps">que vale la pena</span><span>.</span></span><br>
<span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span></span></span><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span>7). </span></span>Cómo Hacer Una Actividad Sugar tuvo 328 descargas gratuitas en <a href="http://archive.org/" target="_blank">archive.org</a>. <span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps">Ha vendido</span> <span class="hps">cero</span> <span class="hps">copias</span> <span class="hps">en edición de bolsillo</span> <span class="hps">y sólo una copia</span> <span class="hps">como un</span> <span class="hps">libro electrónico</span> <span class="hps">de Amazon</span> <span class="hps">(el comprador</span> <span class="hps">tiene</span> <span class="hps">un reembolso</span><span>)</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Fué</span><span class="hps"> un poco</span> <span class="hps">mejor en Inglés</span><span class="">.</span></span><br>
<br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">James Simmons</font></span><br></i></div>
<span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span><br>PD: Traducción con impresiciones.<br><br clear="all"></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span class="hps"></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="es"><span></span></span><span lang="es"><span></span></span>Santiago Daniel Francis<br>
Coordinador de moderación de Sur<br><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">El 10 de marzo de 2012 23:21, James Simmons <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicestep@gmail.com">nicestep@gmail.com</a>></span> escribió:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I'm going to try and reply to some of the Spanish emails on this book.<div><br></div><div>1). The book is a paperback, with a glued binding and a wraparound cover. The cover is in color, the interior pages black and white.</div>
<div><br></div><div>2). The cover illustration is by Oceana Rain Fields, a student who did a mentorship with a group called the Rural Design Collective. She got a small scholarship for working with them, and one of the things she did was illustrations for my books. This illustration was used for the Lulu.com version of the book, the profits of which went to the FLOSS Manuals website. I did not use her illustration for the e-book version because I did not want to profit from her work. That was back when it seemed likely that there *would* be a profit. I was young and naive back then. I now think that having her art on these books is likely to do her more good than writing the books will do me. They really are nice looking books.</div>
<div><br></div><div>3). I make 63 cents when you buy the book on Amazon, $2+ when you buy through CreateSpace. Reviews on the Amazon site would be helpful. No matter what happens on either site I keep my day job. I'm charging about half what FLOSS Manuals did on Lulu, so don't let the low price fool you. These are books you'll be proud to own. You'll leave them out to make an impression when girls come over.</div>
<div><br></div><div>4). I am well aware of Python 3 looming on the horizon, etc. I am not up to revising the book at the moment. My current literary project is a transcription and commentary on the <i>Bhagavat Purana</i>, a book I have some history with. Like Steve Jobs I used to attend the free Sunday feasts at the Hare Krishna temple. Unlike him, I met a really nice girl who convinced me that the movement had more to offer than free food. At the time I was more interested in what she had to offer, and you can read the whole sad tale in "The Life And Times Of Bhakta Jim", also available on Amazon.com. When I'm ready to change my focus from Sanskrit back to Python I'll let you know.</div>
<div><br></div><div>5). I was hoping the English book would be a collaborative effort like other FLOSS Manuals, and like the translation was. I still think that's a good idea for the Python 3 edition, if any of you would be interested.</div>
<div><br></div><div>6). For now the book is only available on Amazon.com and CreateSpace. I'd like it to be available on other Amazon sites. I have paid for "expanded distribution" which means that the book is listed in catalogs used by other sites and by book stores. It will take 6+ weeks to actually get listed, and that only means it *might* get listed on websites based in South America. No guarantees though. I'll do what I can to make it happen, for what that's worth.</div>
<div><br></div><div>7). Cómo Hacer Una Actividad Sugar has been downloaded for free 328 times on <a href="http://archive.org" target="_blank">archive.org</a>. It has sold zero copies in paperback and only one copy as an Amazon e-book (the purchaser got a refund). It has done a bit better in English.</div>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<div><br></div><div>James Simmons</div></font></span><br></blockquote></div>