DARREN COPE » Uncategorized http://darrencope.com Cycling, GIS, and Life Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:36:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Perth Cyclocross – Back for a second year! http://darrencope.com/2011/10/28/perth-cyclocross-back-for-a-second-year/ http://darrencope.com/2011/10/28/perth-cyclocross-back-for-a-second-year/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:55:00 +0000 darrencope http://darrencope.com/?p=907 The Ottawa Bicycle Club is returning to host a morning of cyclocross racing in Perth!  The Perth race is race number seven of the ten race series being held this fall throughout the Ottawa Valley.

Cyclocross is the fastest growing discipline in cycling, with popularity skyrocketing worldwide. Specialized cyclocross bikes (think of a road bike with mountain bike tires) are used as racers ride on grassy fields, dismount their bikes and carry them over barriers, run up steep, short hills and ride through sand pits or mud depending upon conditions!

Races are very spectator friendly, presenting many opportunities to see the action up close and personal!

The racing in Perth will occur on Sunday, November 6 at Conlon Farm Recreation Complex. Come on out to cheer on some of the best racers in Canada (including current and former National and Provincial champions!)  Races start at 9am (for U17 and younger, Women, Masters B Men and older & Novices) with the second race starting at 10:45am (Elite Men, Masters A Men & Junior Men.)

For more information on the races, go to www.cyclocross.org, or call race organizer Bob Woods at 613-256-1874.  Or, just make your way to Conlon Farm on Sunday, November 6! If you’re interested in racing yourself, see the website for registration details.

]]> http://darrencope.com/2011/10/28/perth-cyclocross-back-for-a-second-year/feed/ 0 My Experience with Google Books – Part IV http://darrencope.com/2011/01/20/my-experience-with-google-books-%e2%80%93-part-iv/ http://darrencope.com/2011/01/20/my-experience-with-google-books-%e2%80%93-part-iv/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:12:50 +0000 darrencope http://darrencope.com/?p=503 Well, Google Books has been a bit far from my mind lately.  Sorry for not updating sooner!

Unfortunately, there is not much new to report.  The only real change is that a week or so after posting Part III, I finally started to see near real-time results.  I now see data that is two days old in my reports (e.g. as I’m writing this on January 20th, I see data from January 18th.)  This is still quite ridiculous in the age of instant-everything but at least it’s not a week old!  Very strange Google, very strange.

A recap of where we stand:

  • How long will the “Processing” step take? – 13 days in my case
  • Now that the book is live, how much time does it take for the Reporting tools to become active and usable? – 8 days.  Approximately 7 days after the reports went ‘live’, I was able to see 2-day-old data
  • Once the book is “Live,” how much traffic will I get from it? (views, page reads, etc.) – so far, very little.  A couple of book views a month so far.  Hopefully this will change as next ‘cross season draws nearer!
  • How many folks will click through to the “Buy Link”? – none so far
  • How many of those folks will actually buy a copy of the book? – none so far!
  • Will I ever get ‘live’ results, or will they always be a week old? – apparently they will always be 2 days old… odd!
  • If these Google Books traffic numbers are significant, can I (and how?) then add the book to the Google eBook store?  I have read that an “Editions” tab will show up in my Partner Program page, where I can add it to the eBook Store.  I’ll keep you posted on this one!  If I decided to do this, I will likely have to stop selling through RBR.
  • How is the ad ‘revenue sharing’ linked to Google AdSense?
  • What are the limitations to a non-U.S. Google Books account?
  • How is the ‘viewable’ percentage calculated?
  • Why don’t I have an “Editions” tab to add the book to the Google eBook Program (should I decide to do so)?
    • is this related to the limitations of a non-U.S. Account?
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Yes, it’s true.  I’m now here at www.darrencope.com.  I plan for this to be a more central spot to post thoughts related to a variety of subjects; cycling, GIS, canoe tripping, etc.  and possibly replace my other websites in due time.  For now, I’m still kicking around at:

That’s all for now, but stay tuned (or add me to your feed reader) to keep up-to-date.

Darren

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