Distribution: can we get stacks of copies onto counters at Jewish bookstores around the world?

(Brainstorming, so trying not to censor ideas for practicality too much.)

Ask bookstores to print and put out (heck, sell if they want) their own copies?

Raise money again, do a print run, and mail them boxes of them?

Get community members to print out stacks on their own dime and drop them off at local bookstores?

The reason I'm thinking bookstores is that the practical stuff goes well with the materials you go buy, ahead of time.

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Format: major sections: Halacha, how-to, agada, minor sections: sukka, dwelling, arba minim, Torah readings, etc. (as applicable)

Or: Major: Sukka, etc. Minor: Halacha, How-to, agada (as applicable)

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Time: We have five months until Sukkot. We did the full DoA project, including distribution, in the 2.5 months before R"H.

So, we have plenty of time to do this well.

Time to collect questions without pressure

Time to identify content holes and try to induce Q&A to be written

Time to edit and re-edit

Time to write a good glossary and bibliography after editing and re-editing

Time to do stuff with distribution, if we want to

(Not to be a buzzkill, but I'd rather see us working on the Bein HaMetzarim idea than the Sukkot one. Just to say that before we get too far ahead.)

@DoubleAA ... Time to do multiple projects in parallel :)

Seriously, though, from what I've seen, the projects that happen are the ones people just start doing. So, if you want to get a Bh"M project going, start up a question-collection post on Meta, etc.

@DoubleAA I'm interested in the reasons for your preference.

We have 2 months until 17 Tamuz 5777, which is enough to crank out a booklet, based on our track record. Best to get started in earnest now, with a schedule.

@IsaacMoses That's definitely true. It's likely this will go Sukkot because DonielF decided to do so. That's fine.

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Time: I propose aiming for a release date of ~15 Elul, since some of the information is most useful ahead of time, that's the traditional start date for learning about Sukkot each year, and because that still gives us 4 months.

@DoubleAA projects get done when somebody decides to spearhead one, like Scimonster did with the haggadah revision last year. If DonnieF decides to drive Sukkot (or, if not, if someone else steps up), it'll happen. Similarly, if you (or somebody else) want to see Bein HaMetzarim happen, it'll happen. The latter feels like a smaller project to me (in the way that Chanukah was smaller than the haggadah, for example) and Sukkot has more lead time, so they could run in parallel.

@IsaacMoses did you intend for people to edit question suggestions into this answer? If so, you might want to make it community wiki.

@MonicaCellio Yes, thanks. Done

Do we have an approximate number of questions we're going for here based on previous goes?

Also does anyone know our average total-questions-per-total-pages for each publication?

There are some stats here, but the haggadah hasn't been updated for the revision (# questions and page-count).

Recall that Chanukah was a special case, formatting-wise. The revised haggadah and DOA would provide the best calibration for what to expect in a new book because we've made some formatting tweaks along the way.

@DoubleAA I think we ought to have enough Sukkot material to get to the ~size of P-MY and DoA-MY - ~48 pages, and I think that's a pretty good size for a print-your-own booklet.

... so probably in the ballpark of 30 questions

Fewer if there are a lot of diagrams (which there may be in how-to)

@IsaacMoses which reminds me: not all images (particularly photos) that look good on a color monitor look good in B&W print, plus we should double-check any usage/licensing restrictions. Something to check when reviewing prospective questions.

@MonicaCellio Often, free-to-use alternatives can be found

Sometimes, that will work in B&W

@IsaacMoses agreed. We just need to remember to look (and not at the last minute :-) ).

@IsaacMoses There are now 30 listed, plus 3 maybes.

(Obviously I may have missed some good ones, and you may not like some I suggested.)