"Frank" == Frank van Drogen <fvandrog@scripps.edu> writes:
>> I usually skim the news letter to see if there is anything new, >> and I noticed this little stat: 352 Average Per Month in 2004 >> 355 Average Per Month in 2003. >> >> Anyone have any theories as to why we are doing fewer books per >> month on average this year? Not complaining, just a little >> curious. Frank> I think one reason that DP produces a little less texts Frank> compared to approximately one year ago is the fact that Frank> more and more projects get HTML markup, which makes these Frank> texts a lot more usefull (IMHO), but reduces the output Frank> because people are still supposed to prepare the text Frank> version as well. So having to produce two versions, and the Frank> fact that adding markup, images, links between ToC and Frank> indices just takes more time reduces the quantity of the Frank> output. Having the HTML editions, however, definitely Frank> increases quality.... I don't think that DP has produced less texts; in one year, we passed to 2000 to 5000 posted books; but the percentage of non-DP contribution to PG has dropped to almost nothing. Part of the 2003 average however was due to inflated numbers: automatic MP3 and books with chapters posted with different numbers. I cannot say if the "freelance" volunteers have passed to DP, been discouraged by DP, or something else. It would be interesting to understand. Carlo