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Re: why this marketing stuff is important

Bruce Perens wrote:
> 
> There's a guy who is packaging Debian with a book. I can't say much
> about
> his project, because I get all of this stuff in confidence. However,
> he
> has a problem. The "pipeline" from him to the retail bookstore is
> longer
> in duration than we generally take to make a point release.
> 
> Bookstores in the U.S. have a policy that they return anything that
> does
> not sell. If we send 1.3.1 to the bookstores and 1.3.3 is out by then,
> this publisher will get a lot of returns, with the retailers asking
> him to repackage the books with a newer CD if he is lucky, and not
> making
> another order at all if he is not lucky. Usually the way it works is
> that
> the merchandise sits un-sold for a year and is then returned in bad
> condition, and the publisher takes a loss on it.
> 
> I really want to see Debian in "Barnes and Noble", "Borders", and your
> local bookstore. So I'm motivated to help this publisher.
> 

Great, but we're too fast.  How about a Debian "magazine"?  Every one
knows that you first get good articles before you get good books.  Set
the Period for bi-monthly or quarterly and go with the latest stable... 
You could have "special issues" for _Security_ or 'major releases that
didn't make the Period cut.

The publishers could even include some of the discussions from the lists
(except this one?).  Thus giving them free CD content and free printed
content.  Just need to find Advertisers.

(It's not a religious idea, just an idea.)

Enjoy -- Greg.
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