From b.gohla@gmx.de Sat Mar 24 06:23:53 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: b.gohla@gmx.de X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_4); 24 Mar 2001 14:23:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 54700 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2001 14:23:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 24 Mar 2001 14:23:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.gmx.net) (194.221.183.20) by mta3 with SMTP; 24 Mar 2001 15:24:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 8040 invoked by uid 0); 24 Mar 2001 14:23:49 -0000 Received: from a5433.pppool.de (HELO linux) (213.6.84.51) by mail.gmx.net (mp010-rz3) with SMTP; 24 Mar 2001 14:23:49 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Reply-To: b.gohla@gmx.de To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Marketing lojban Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:42:49 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010323183926.00b2ab70@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010323183926.00b2ab70@127.0.0.1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01032414424902.00668@linux> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Bj=F6rn=20Gohla?= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 24 March 2001 00:55, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: > At 07:25 PM 03/23/2001 +0000, seidensticker@msn.com wrote: >I am no expert (or even a novice) in getting PR and so can't lead >this charge. =A0But at the appropriate time, I suggest thinking about >press releases or story outlines sent to newspapers (y'know that >center column on the Wall Street Journal's page 1?), newswires (AP, >UPI, etc. cover more than just breaking news), or popular magazines >(Omni, Wired, Discovery, Smithsonian, in-flight magazines?). actually i received word of lojban reading a wired article about constructe= d=20 languages on my transatlantic flight starting my student exchange year in=20 america in 1996 > At one point I put out a feeler to Analog - they weren't interested. > > > * If it's a pain to USmail anything but Cowan's book, perhaps > >everything else can be converted to: "Here's where to download it, > >here's how much we'd encourage you to pay, and here's where to send > >the check." This could simplify logistics. how about books on demand, http://www.bod.com according to their website it costs 350dm for paperback or 500dm for=20 hardcover basic fee plus "a few" hundred for the master dependent on page=20 count, plus 3dm monthly for management. i do not know how that compares to= =20 publication costs of the red book or to similar service providers. but they= =20 handle everything from the printing press to distribution for you, which i= =20 suppose would be big advantage for future book sized publications.=20 co'o mi'e .biorn - --=20 - ------------------------------------- b.gohla@gmx.de Bj=F6rn Gohla pub 1024D/834F4976 2001-01-07 Bj=F6rn Gohla (Wissenschaftler, Weltb=FCrger= )=20 Key fingerprint =3D 9FF4 FEDA CCDF DA0E 14D5 8129 6C14 3C39 834F 4976 sub 1024g/29571FE2 2001-01-07 = =20 guard your privacy -- use GnuPG -- see: http://www.gnupg.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6vKRgbBQ8OYNPSXYRAtDJAJ0Z+dFpTeDBtK2THPqNl+6gFSoW4wCdFE3L 5txpXFgX4skZINiz2HjK3wk=3D =3DLC6f -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----