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[Jim Connett <jimandmarcy@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think we're going to see a surge of downloaders because we widened
our distribution net and raised the price. Not saying it's a bad idea to
broaden our exposure, but Ubuntu IS a free operating system and if I'm
looking for a manual that's getting close to $10, then I'm hitting
amazon.com and looking for professionally published material. That's just
me.

Do we have any statistics showing how many buyers we currently have through
our current distribution channels?



--sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III phone
On Nov 10, 2013 4:44 PM, "Mario H. Burgos" <mario@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +1 to raise the price/add distribution channels.
>
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> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Kevin Godby <godbyk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hello, everyone.
>>
>> We publish our manual through CreateSpace.com. In addition to making
>> the manual available for purchase through CreateSpace.com, they also
>> offer additional distribution channels including Amazon.com.
>>
>> Recently, CreateSpace has offered three new distribution channels:
>>
>> 1. Bookstores and Online Retailers. Make your book available to online
>> and offline retailers such as Barnes & Noble and to distributors such
>> as Ingram and NACSCORP.
>>
>> 2. Libraries and Academic Institutions. Make your book available
>> through Baker & Taylor to libraries and academic institutions.
>>
>> 3. CreateSpace Direct. Make your book available to certified resellers
>> through our wholesale website.
>>
>> However, if I opt to have our manuals made available through these new
>> channels, it raises the minimum price of the manual.
>>
>> For example, Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.10 (English edition)
>> currently has a minimum price of $4.49.  If I enable the new channels,
>> the manual may be available to more people (if bookstores and
>> libraries buy it), but the minimum price would become $6.73.
>>
>> I wanted to get everyone's opinion on what we should do here. Should
>> we make our manual available through more channels but at a higher
>> cost or should we try to keep costs as low as possible and provide the
>> manual only through CreateSpace and Amazon?
>>
>> (Note that this doesn't have any impact on the free PDF downloads that
>> we provide. They will always remain free.)
>>
>> Thanks for your thoughts!
>>
>> —Kevin Godby
>>
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