[WikiEN-l] Forthcoming book about Wikipedia, "How Wikipedia Works" -- feedback wanted
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Wed Dec 5 05:25:03 UTC 2007
phoebe ayers wrote:
> On Dec 4, 2007 11:15 AM, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12/4/07, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> * The book will be licensed under the GFDL and an online version will
>>> be available...
>>> [...]
>>> * A portion of the authors' proceeds will be donated to the Wikimedia
>>> Foundation.
>>>
>> Of course, anyone aware of both of these facts will probably be smart enough to:
>> 1. Download the book, if they want to.
>> 2. Send money directly to the foundation (cutting out the publisher
>> and any other intermediaries), if they want to.
>>
> Both of which activities are entirely encouraged :) But if folks do
> want a physical book (which is something that we see a market for, or
> we wouldn't be doing this) I hope that they will also buy a printed
> copy.
I look forward to ample copies being brought to Alexandria where all
four authors can be there to autograph them. 8-)
Ec
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