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Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 08:22:36AM -0500, Bob LeChevalier wrote:
>>CLLv1.1
>>
>>Assuming that there are at least some changes in pagination, how
>>is the currency and accuracy of the index being maintained?  Or
>>are you dispensing with the index in a proposed POD?
> 
> 
> The whole point of the new setup is that the index is maintained by
> internal cross-references to particular points in the text, not to
> page numbers.  Basically, somewhere in the text you have a marker
> that says "here, put an index entry for broda", and that is
> generated into a list of page numbers later on.
> 
> I wouldn't dispense with an index under any circumstances and, in
> fact, getting the index to work in the new version took something
> like a solid 2 weeks of basically all of my free time.

OK.

>>What is the likely page-count, and does our POD producer do good
>>quality paperbacks in that size?  (I'm assuming that hard-bound
>>POD isn't offered, but would welcome correction).  What would be
>>the likely cost?
> 
> I know the answers to none of these for certain, but they over
> perfect bound and cloth bound, and I believe the latter ==
> hardcover, no?

I believe so.

>>All of these are factors in my opinion on a POD product.  I'm
>>amenable, but still favor selling red books as long as possible.
> 
> As do I.

If that is the case, then I think we should wait for 1.2 for a POD 
offering.  You give the impression that this probably won't be all that 
long, anyway.

We may be able to identify a set of change-pages for the red book, or 
more likely to just issue a list of official errata that have been 
incorporated.  We can add a note with link to the CLL order page on the 
web site

>>Should we consider selling Kindle or other reader-formats, as
>>well? No idea what the demand might be for these.
> 
> If at all possible I would like to do so, yes; I believe this to be
> easy with Lightning Source.

We might want to consider putting 1.1 out in electronic formats.

a) it lets us work out any problems with doing so independent of 
preparing other offerings
b) it seems like it would be less a competition for our printed books, 
as for the otherwise-free online HTML version.
c) we get some idea of the market in the absence of other alternatives, 
which can guide future decisions, since I assume that there are some 
costs in time/effort, and perhaps dollars, for each format/offering we make.

But in all this, a major consideration must be how much extra workload 
it imposes on you to turn a draft into a product.

-- 
Bob LeChevalier    lojbab@lojban.org    www.lojban.org
President and Founder, The Logical Language Group, Inc.

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