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From: syn@uo-vax1.UUCP (syn)
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Subject: Re: Books by Mail...(how to get Ripped O
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Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 16:56:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 13 16:56:00 1985
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Nf-From: uo-vax1!syn    Feb 25 13:56:00 1985

There is a very good reason that publishers charge outrageous prices
for books on any kind of technology.  First, readers are a very limited
audience--the more specific the topic under consideration, the fewer
potential readers for it, the less margin for error in the original
print run.  Second, technology changes so fast that the book may be
outdated before it is printed and delivered to stores--there is a very
small window in time during which the contents of the book will be
pertinent.  This is my analysis of the ungodly prices on trashy tech
books.  P.T. Barnum had another theory.