Hello David from Acton,

You deserve a medal!

I'm copying this reply to the EASI list, because there are many people
who are interested in persuading authors to put their books free on the
web as you have done.

BTW, I remember seeing GENUKI on the list of top genealogy web sites!
I wondered what the 'I' stood for in GENUKI.

Cheers from Chiswick,

John

P.S.  Please call me personally about tactile maps, an interest of mine.
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In message <[log in to unmask]> David Hawgood writes:
>
>As a publisher and author, I put my book "GENUKI" free on the Web. The
>printed version has sold 6000 copies in 18 months, similar to sales of my
>previous books on Internet for genealogy. My main reason for providing
>the book free on the Web is that it describes an information service for
>UK and Ireland genealogy which itself has about 20,000 pages of information
>free on the Web. But my sales certainly have not suffered.
>
>I have learnt far more about accessibility of web pages since I put my book
>on the web,  through judging a web award competition for family history
>societies, through maintaining the GENUKI pages for Wiltshire myself, and
>recently from trying to produce clear print, large print and tactile maps
>to support my web pages. So the next book I put on the Web will be more
>accessible, I hope.
>
>John Nissen from Chiswick wrote:
>>It's good to see a publisher providing e-text free!  Is there any evidence
>>that this increases the magazine sales?  If so, the evidence could be used
>>to encourage other publishers to do the same.
>
>regards,
>David Hawgood. (from Acton, London) email [log in to unmask] web
>www.hawgood.co.uk

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