Daniel Ehrenberg wrote:
I think I'm a bit unclear about Wikibooks'
goals. Are
we going to eventually send this to a publisher, or
will this always be online?
I think we'll just create the content and leave those kinds of
decisions for the future. However, I think that all textbooks created
should be created with paper distribution firmly in mind. We're a
long way from a world in which schools don't use paper books.
If we do send it to a publisher, how will that all
work? Will we
self-publish? How will distribution work? Will we just let someone
else print Wikibooks?
All of these things can be left open for the future. If there's a
market for it, and we're in a position to do it, we could do it
ourselves, I personally think that would be great. But if not, then
we can let other parties "play RedHat" and put this stuff together for
print.
Sanford wants the State of California to actually publish the books
itself. I oppose that profoundly, but after we argued about it for a
long time, we came to the conclusion that it doesn't matter at all for
what we're doing here.
--Jimbo