atw: Re: Publishing printed manuals
- From: "Matilda Reich" <matildar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:34:04 +1100
Hello,
My question is: how does this company make money if it doesn't charge you
for printing and sending out the manuals? Are you in effect, giving them
the copyright of your intellectual property for them to collect in their
repository? This is implied in their statement that they pay YOU a royalty.
I would be very wary of them. What is their main source of income? Do they
repackage your intellectual property and sell the manuals 'off the shelf',
or, do they sell content in piece-meal fashion to whoever wants info at a
price. You would have no visibility of this, I suspect.
Re Michael Granat's comment: "clicking on one of the so called remove me
from the list links) is really terrible idea unless you want heaps more of
it."
I had that feeling too when I was the victim of daily instalments from an
unsolicited Blind Date service. I held my breath and replied to their
'unsubscribe' email. Fortunately, I havent heard from them since.
from
Matilda Reich
----- Original Message -----
From: <janet.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 9:35 AM
Subject: atw: Publishing printed manuals
> Has anyone had experience using publishing companies to print their
> documentation such as the one below?
> My company currently doesn't provide hard copy documentation, but is
> considering doing so in the future and maybe using a service like this.
> Any advice would be great!
>
>
>
> Bill <bill.danchuk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 06/02/2004 09:05 AM
>
>
> To: bill.danchuk@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> cc:
> Subject: Inquiry regarding printed manuals
>
>
> Hi -
>
> I'm associated with a company that will print and ship
> your software manuals to your users, at no cost to
> you. You pay absolutely nothing! It's a great service
> for companies that only send out PDFs with their
> software. So for those clients of yours who still
> want and need a professional printed manual, this
> company will handle everything for you and even pay
> you a royalty. That's right, you'll never have to
> order or pay for a printed manual again and you'll
> turn an expense into an income stream. Plus the
> service costs you nothing!
>
> But, if you still do send out printed manuals, you
> can order very small quantities, whenever you need
> them, at very good prices and have them shipped to
> you quickly. Since this company only uses the last
> PDF you sent them, the manuals are always current.
> So now you can avoid having a warehouse full of
> obsolete manuals and reduce your inventory costs
> dramatically, at the same time. They'll send you
> printed proofs free and there's no setup costs
> of any kind. So you risk absolutely nothing to
> try them out!
>
> I'll be glad to send you more information
> about this new and unique "on demand" service,
> that now hosts over 500 company manuals. And
> if you include your address, I can also send
> you some actual "on demand" samples. There's
> no obligation, cost or risk of any kind...so
> why not request more information today!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Danchuk
>
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