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- From: waseems@sco.COM (Waseem Siddiqi)
- Subject: Re: Re: Expensive books (was Re: The Elements of Programming Style)
- Organization: SCO Canada, Inc.
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 19:04:52 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.190452.20125@sco.COM>
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- In article <7280001@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> shrum@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ken Shrum) writes:
- >> Now, I don't *know* that it is a gouging job -- but I'd sure like to see
- >> some kind of explanation for the costs. Where does the money *go*?
- >
- >Small-run books are expensive because they reflect the fixed costs of
- >the publisher being spread over a small number of physical books and
- >because there's substantial risk in small-run books: most small-run
- >books lose money for the publisher, so the one's that make money have
- >to carry the others. In a way, it's a lot like venture capitalism.
- >
- > Ken Shrum
-
-
- how come textbooks in UK are way cheaper when compared to the US ?
- This is even though most courses do not require a particular book i.e
- notes are enough and the market in UK is much smaller than the US.
- When I was studying there the most expensive book ever recommended was
- 'The Art of Electronics' which cost about 19 pound. This is in 1989 and we
- felt outraged. Usually the recommended books were between 8 to 14 pounds.
- Studying here in Canada, I found required books costing $60-90 were
- almost routine. It makes me think there is someone trying to make a quick
- buck.
-
- waseem
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