[Olpc-uruguay] FW: [OLE Bolivia] [Sur] "Cómo Hacer Una Actividad Sugar" ha sido publicado!

Dom Mar 11 00:40:10 EST 2012

reenvío.. creo no llegó a la lista...
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I'm going to try and reply to some of the Spanish emails on this book.
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.

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.

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.

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 Bhagavat Purana, 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.

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.

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.

7).  Cómo Hacer Una Actividad Sugar has been downloaded for free 328 times on archive.org.  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.

James Simmons

2012/3/10 Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn <alanjas en hotmail.com>

> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:29:29 -0600
> From: yamaplos en gmail.com
> To: bolivia en lists.ole.org

> CC: nicestep en gmail.com; olpc-uruguay en lists.laptop.org; olpc-sur en lists.laptop.org

> Subject: Re: [Olpc-uruguay]	[OLE Bolivia] [Sur] "Cómo Hacer Una Actividad Sugar" ha sido publicado!
> 
> la edici´on impresa y empastada es "for demand", es decir la imprimen
> recién cuando alguien lo compra, por lo que imagino que no,

> probablemente no tiene tapas duras.
> 
> El link
> https://www.createspace.com/3807590
> tiene una imagen de la tapa, que pareciera no es "libre", sino de una

> tal Oceana Rain Fields, motivo probable por la que no está en las
> versiones "libres".
> 
> si te hace feliz, imagen en grande:
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1470125064/ref=dp_image_text_0

> 
> Me pones curioso, ¿hay algún motivo para esto de tapas duras?
> (bueno, generalmente tapas duras indican ediciones de ultra lujo hoy
> en día, MUY POCO común en libros técnicos, pero no se me ocurre qué

> otra cosa)
Solo curiosidad de como era el libro..
Voy a tener que comprarlo...

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