I think free is best.<div>D is seriously lacking free learning resources.</div><div>And free does not necessarily mean crap, although the current specification needs a bit of fixing here and there.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Walter Bright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:newshound2@digitalmars.com" target="_blank">newshound2@digitalmars.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I think it would be a good move to make a kindle ebook out of the specification on the web site. Not only will it be convenient for those who wish to peruse the spec using a kindle, it will be helpful for marketing etc.<br>
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The difficulty is that if I put the ebook up on Amazon for free, people tend to equate free with "crap". It needs to have a price on it to be taken seriously.<br>
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But if I put a price on it, people will be demotivated to continue contributing to it, because they'll perceive someone else profiting from their work.<br>
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Perhaps proceeds from it should be put towards other promotions of D, like maybe a conference? More contests with prizes?<br>
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What do you all think? $0? $4.99? $9.99?<br>
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And yes, the content will be identical to that on the website, just formatted for the kindle.<br>
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