Re: Establishing "The GNOME Press?"

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

This was brought up a couple of GNOME foundation meetings ago, and I
think the general feeling was that forming an exclusive agreement with
one publisher and excluding other publishers might not be a good idea.

We talked instead about setting up a process whereby publishers could
work with the GNOME community to get technical review on their titles
done, and thereby gain permission to use the the GNOME foot on their
books.

Regards,
                                        Owen

Aaron Weber <aaron ximian com> writes:

> Hello foundationers.
> 
> Here's an idea for discussion at your next meeting. It's been floating
> around for quite some time.
> There's a good market for "treeware" books about GNOME and related
> technologies.  We've got some good writers here.  There are a number of
> printers who would be interested in printing books under a "GNOME Press"
> or similar imprint (FSF Press? GNU Press?).  Most of us probably agree
> that having a series of books printed under a "GNOME Press"  or other
> imprint would be great. It would bring both money and prestige to the
> foundation.  Maybe not a lot of money, but probably more exposure and
> prestige.
> 
> No Starch Press is pretty excited about doing the job for us.  Excited
> enough that I wonder if maybe there is a good reason we ought to look at
> other printers. :>
> 
> What do you think of establishing a printing imprint that would be the
> "official" GNOME foundation imprint?  If you think it's a good idea,
> what do you think of No Starch Press?