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From: jmelv@madnix.UUCP (John Melvin)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Foley, van Dam, etc. 2nd Ed. price- Thanks & Summary
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Date: 18 Sep 90 13:00:43 GMT
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Hi,

	First, I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my post asking how
$70.00 for this book compared with other areas "around the globe" (okay,
I kept it to the US).  I received _so_ many helpful responses that thanking
everyone individually would take a  l o n g  time.

    I think others might be interested in the results of my question, so
here's what we found out:

	The result of the survey shows a price range on this book anywhere from
$52.00 on the low end (discount bookstore) all they way up through the
full $70.00.  List price on the book is $64.50.  Apparently a little hunting
can easily get the book down to $60.00 or so, and a little more might save
$15.00-$20.00.

	 The place I saw the book was our local B. Daltons Software Etc.  
This is the second time I've found out they are selling books _above_
list_price!  I don't mind them making some profit, but being unreasonable
isn't the way to attract my business.  The first time was with the K&R C
2nd Ed.  It contained a price list in the back of the book for various
texts among which it was included.  B. Daltons  wanted about $5.00 over
list.

Summary Summary:

	Foley, van Dam, etc. 2nd Edition is a greatt book, again likely to be
_the_ standard, and anyone interested in graphics should go out and buy
it.  However, AVOID B. DALTONS UNLESS YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE - THEY'LL
GOUGE YOU!  You should find it for around $60.00 as an average.

JPM
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John P. Melvin                                                         //  Amiga
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