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From: jk87377@korppi.tut.fi (Kouhia Juhana Krister)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Foley, van Dam, etc. 2nd Ed. price- Thanks & Summary
Message-ID: <1990Sep19.193752.5589@funet.fi>
Date: 19 Sep 90 19:37:52 GMT
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In article <1990Sep19.132252.21954@nada.kth.se> d89-rbi@dront.nada.kth.se (Ron Birk) writes:
>
>here in Sweden the Big Book-Shop in Stockholm,
>wants almost 900 SKR, which is about $150.
>
>But lucky me, that our technical institute's bookshop sell it
>for 500 SKR. Phew! Thats about $85.

An other solution is to buy it directly from the publisher.
Price in Finland is then $60 + purchase tax (20%) = $72.
Of course, you can't compare the prices here or there or in USA.
We should ask what is the salaries in USA, in Sweden, in Finland, if
we would like to know more about the prices.

But, for example the Springer Verlag has a contract with a Finnish
bookstore: If I order a book directly from Springer, I get a book
from the bookstore and it's costs much more.

Instead of ordering a book I order a Pro Forma for the book.
When I get it, I pay it and get my book from the Springer directly.
:-)

By the way, how to avoid the purchase tax?  ;-)

Juhana Kouhia
jk87377@tut.fi