tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844526396210378482.post6580184902715100991..comments2024-01-31T09:23:26.925+00:00Comments on Noel O'Blog: The book stops here - Self-publishing in cheminformaticsNoel O'Boylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03288289351940689018noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844526396210378482.post-69489280102414486282011-02-13T17:58:15.537+00:002011-02-13T17:58:15.537+00:00@Angel: Done.
@WDI: Didn't realise that - I&#...@Angel: Done.<br /><br />@WDI: Didn't realise that - I've added a link.<br /><br />Yes - sales figures not very encouraging, but the funny thing is, I'd much prefer a proper book than printing out a PDF. I read a <a href="http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2009_10_17.shtml" rel="nofollow">blog post</a> by Michael Foord on sales figures for IronPython in Action. It's a good reality check for anyone planning to make millions from technical writing.Noel O'Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288289351940689018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844526396210378482.post-77986608568681772182011-02-13T12:50:52.275+00:002011-02-13T12:50:52.275+00:00The manual for the Cactvs Chemoinformatics Toolkit...The manual for the Cactvs Chemoinformatics Toolkit has been available from Lulu for years.<br /><br />http://www.lulu.com/browse/search.php?fListingClass=0&fSearch=cactvs.<br /><br />But do not overestimate the impact: There were >>1000 free downloads of the PDF manual - and so far 3 print copies sold.<br /><br />I wonder how much paper and toner costs for printouts were silently charged to anonymous departmental budgets, etc...Wolf-D. Ihlenfeldthttp://www.xemistry.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844526396210378482.post-56650346522834600862011-02-11T23:19:01.880+00:002011-02-11T23:19:01.880+00:00Hi Noel
Could you fix the links to my website? It ...Hi Noel<br />Could you fix the links to my website? It shouldn't be<br />antiguos-alumnos.uah.es<br />but <br />biomodel.uah.es<br /><br />(I know they work now, but the server admins should remove that incorrect redirection)Angelhttp://biomodel.uah.esnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844526396210378482.post-23306636145000794362011-02-07T18:43:32.271+00:002011-02-07T18:43:32.271+00:00Were I to do I again, in the age of the iPad, I wo...Were I to do I again, in the age of the iPad, I would go straight for electronic publication, and distribute it for free.Jan Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08595894308946022740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844526396210378482.post-79972104260665451982011-02-07T18:20:58.081+00:002011-02-07T18:20:58.081+00:00If you decide to self-publish, be wary of sketchy ...If you decide to self-publish, be wary of sketchy companies that will take advantage of unsuspecting authors. Here's a good link on which ones to avoid and why: <br /><br />http://www.publisherstandardsboard.org/book-publisher-scams-and-warnings.htmlMaria Murnane, author of Perfect on Paperhttp://www.mariamurnane.comnoreply@blogger.com