Proven Corporation

I have added a section to the site for publishing software from Proven Corporation. All software published is of course free software.

For now, there is only a simple Greasemonkey script for an excellent free software-related web site.

We have opened a new service which is personally exciting for me and beneficial for the software community in Thailand: an eBook printing, binding, and delivery service, called Siam eBook Printers.

If you have an ebook in PDF format, just attach the file on the web page and provide your delivery address. In a few days, a nice bound volume arrives at your door from EMS. If you’ve ever seen these shops in malls and universities that print and bind books, then you know exactly what this is, except we do it over the web.

We are aiming directly at foreigners and I.T. professionals in Thailand. Here is what makes Siam Book Printers unique:

• Everything is in English
• We cater to busy people. You attach a PDF on the web site, and you receive EMS packages.
• We guarantee no mechanical errors, smudges, missing pages, or other flaws. If you are dissatisfied, we will send you a replacement book.
• There is no guesswork; you preview exactly what you will get.
• Besides standard bank transfers, we accept credit card payments and PayPal. We accept payment in Thai baht or U.S. dollars.

Personally, having eBooks printed is one of my favorite activities in Thailand. When done right, the end result is quite beautiful. Ever since I had The Debian System from No Starch Press made into a hardback, I have been hooked. I doubt the site will be successful financially; but my goal is to reveal and simplify the eBook printing process to more foreigners and software professionals.

Finally, Siam Book Printers is a platform to promote free software in Thailand. We offer discounts for eBooks about free and open source software. When you order a book about free or open source software, just click the checkbox to receive your discount!

I finished getting video working on the site. You can view it on the About page. Besides serving as a test run, the first video is a relatively clear (if a bit dramatic) explanation of what free software is and what the objectives of the Free Software Foundation are. It was shot just before the GPL version 3 came out, and Eben Moglen summarizes what the foundation has been doing from its inception until then.

My plan is to regularly post original content consisting of dual Thai-English educational material about free software. Due to the language barrier, Thailand does not extract as much value as it could from this resource, and I plan to address that from the bottom up.