Xref: utzoo comp.edu:3334 comp.misc:9491 comp.org.usenix:1586 comp.unix.questions:23689 misc.consumers:20825 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!wuarchive!decwrl!ucbvax!janus.Berkeley.EDU!lauther From: lauther@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Ulrich Lauther) Newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.misc,comp.org.usenix,comp.unix.questions,misc.consumers Subject: Re: Summary of responses regarding Jim Joyces Unix Bookstore Keywords: books, unix, mail order Message-ID: <37519@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 11 Jul 90 23:57:35 GMT References: <1581@stsci.edu> <37505@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: lauther@janus.berkeley.edu (Ulrich Lauther) Distribution: usa Organization: Siemens, currently UCB Lines: 20 In article jeffd@ficc.ferranti.com (jeff daiell) writes: [original quote deleted] > >Many of those countries are small enough that books can get from >publisher to bookstore pretty quickly. Here, however, the publisher >may be in New York, and the bookstore in Hilo, Hawaii, so a quick >delivery by moped is out. > This does not really explain the situation. Of course I would understand and accept a delay which growths linearly with the size of the country, translating 24 hours into a few days, but not into weeks. In the countries I was referring to, the bookstore does not have to go to the publisher, rather there is an efficient network of dealers inbetween. Probably this should be carried on - if at all - in another newsgroup. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ulrich Lauther Internet: lauther@janus.berkeley.edu Siemens / UCB ph: +1 415 642 3338 fax: 642 2739 +1 415 658 8529 home