Re: Postgres Printed Manuals

From: Vivek Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Postgres Printed Manuals
Date: 2007-05-16 20:44:21
Message-ID: 49F68CDB-2D22-4265-AA73-85904D139FD5@khera.org
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On May 13, 2007, at 10:43 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> It's hard to make any money that way :-(. Rich Morin used to run a
> business called "Prime Time Freeware" that published hardcopy versions
> of our manuals along with much other open-source documentation.
> He gave up on it some years ago, though, and I doubt that the market
> has improved.

Seems like an ideal use of those print-on-demand services like
lulu.com among others. The project could post an official PDF of the
docs, and take a cut every time someone ordered a printed copy. The
question is who would take the time to make a professional looking PDF.

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