« What's Your Vote? eBook or Bound Copy? »

Here’s a campaign for your vote. Unlike the political campaigns of 2012, we’re not spending any money on this one. Just asking for your vote on whether you’d like to see One Earth Project’s first book published as an eBook or a bound copy?

The manuscript has been edited. An earlier version had a proposal from an e-publisher, but we weren’t quite ready then. Now we are. We’ve solicited some friends, asking whether they have connections with a particular publisher. We’ve drafted a query letter and are about to send it along. So your vote is timely.

By the way, do your read eBooks? only bound copies? both?

We want a publisher that will go both directions. That’s our latest thought unless you can sway us to go a different direction. Go ahead. Influence us. Leave your comment.

Comments

[Gerald Iversen]

In keeping with the mission of OEP and its "founding" organization, Jubilee-Economics.org (JEM), a bound book would be printed on recycled paper. That narrows the range of publishers and increases the cost. Self-publishing "on demand" (printing copies as needed) is less prestigious than a well known publisher but gives OEP more control over things like the stock (paper). Publishers also may give help with the marketing, a big consideration for a small organization like JEM.

[Kyle Holberg]

Well Lee, I prefer a bound copy, (paperback, of course) but an eBook will be acceptable. I look forward to reading it in whatever format works best.

[Lee Van Ham]

Thanks, Kyle and Gerald, for these thoughts. Recycled paper happens with some publishers. One Earth ways of publishing must be high on our list of how we proceed.

[Lee Van Ham]

Thanks, Kyle and Gerald, for these thoughts. Recycled paper happens with some publishers. One Earth ways of publishing must be high on our list of how we proceed.