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From: elg@elgamy.RAIDERNET.COM (Eric Lee Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Information on Amiga Technical Reference Series books, 3rd ed.
Message-ID: <00675891079@elgamy.RAIDERNET.COM>
Date: 2 Jun 91 19:31:19 GMT
References: <1603@glyph.kingston.ny.us> <22877@shlump.lkg.dec.com> <1601@glyph.kingston.ny.us> <21956@cbmvax.commodore.com>
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From article <1603@glyph.kingston.ny.us>, by ahh@glyph.kingston.ny.us (Andy Heffernan):
> In article <21956@cbmvax.commodore.com> ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) writes:
>>Look carefully at the page count.  If we go to heavier stock the books
>>will end up a foot thick.  Also remember that there is a direct
>>correlation between paper quality and retail price.  How much do you
>>want to pay for these?
>
> Oh, yes, I realize very well that good stuff comes at a price.
> That's why I bought a 3000UX instead of a 500.
> Regarding your last question, I'd pay $50-60 for better quality paper,

Given that you'll need three (3) RKM's instead of two, you're talking about
$150-180 just for the basic manuals needed for programming. That's no
problem for the developer set, of course, but for Average Anne and Everyday
Ed it might be a problem indeed (since $180 doesn't grow on trees).

I don't know about you, but I certainly appreciate their attempts to keep
the costs of the manuals down. Saving $50-$60 on the price of the manual
means that I can spend that money on something else Amiga-related.

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