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From: tsouth@pro-pac.cts.com (System Administrator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Manuals etc...[//+,e,GS]
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Date: 11 Jan 89 09:56:09 GMT
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In article: <8812221538.aa17154@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> (ALBRO%NIEHS.BITNET) writes:

>There is a difference of opinion on here about whether or not "the buyers of
>today" (of Apples) want to know more than which hole to stick the floppy in.
>I think a lot of them do, other senders think the vast majority of them don't.
>One simple way to get an objective answer is to ask the publisher of the
>technical reference manuals how many of them have been sold so far. Since they
>are not sold with the computers, every sale must be to someone who wants to
>know more than pap.  How about it - anybody have a contact at A-W they could
>get this info from?

I really can't see how this would even be an accurate forum.  Number One:
You get the user manuals with your computer.  Number Two:  You have to
pay a MINIMUM of $25.95 for each of the new Apple manuals (and that is NOT
the average!).  Number Three: It took exactly ONE YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS for
the toolbox manuals to reach any store I know of in Hawaii, and there are
a couple of manuals which have not reached the stores here (and probably
will not due to inept [read ignorant] distributors claiming the books do
not even exist).  Please remember that NOT everyone is able to be on a
forum of this nature for various reasons, the least of which is financial
capabilities.  Seems ridiculous to initiate a study of whether there are
a significant amount of people purchasing a complete set of books which
run in the $300 figure for a complete set.

Todd South

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