--- On Mon, 1/5/09, Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It seems to me that Max has got a plan for how to make the
finances
work out, whether that's by simply giving these as
community gifts or
using any income to fund other Fedora efforts (or simply
sustain the
publishing and gift-giving on the side). My only concern
was that we
maintain transparency in any financial accounting. I'd
love to write
an introduction for these.
Way cool!
If we do this right and keep our books affordable so more
people can afford to buy them, we should pay our way and
make a few bucks. Once we do a couple of books, we can
gage interest and be able to adjust our costs and prices
accordingly.
One thing though. After FUDCON, when the pics start rolling
in, we are going to be using Open Source Software to
create the actual books. Most probably Scribus, Open Office,
The Gimp, and ?. Maybe we could approach some of these
projects and set-up an agreeable time for the most people,
then have someone from these projects give us a IRC Fedora
Classroom session on How-to use their stuff to create a
book.
-- w Douglas Berry --
slasherzee(a)fedoraproject.org