From: Anders Carlsson (anders.carlsson_at_mds.mdh.se)
Date: 2003-12-03 08:24:48
On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Raymond C. Bryan wrote:
> Just my $.02 here from a bit different perspective - I have at least
> one copy of the book for sale here that I would hope to sell
If I was to get such a large text, I would prefer to have it printed.
The costs for printing and paper probably supersedes your selling price,
so any genuinely interested buyer would probably still be interested
in the original book.
Although an e-text is easier to search through, a document worth more
than 20 pages of A4/letter size tend to be cumbersome.
<offtopic>
BTW regarding free distribution vs undermining commercial interests; last
week I read a notice about SCO taking the battle with Linux one step
further by commenting that open source software destroys the commercial
software market, as millions of dollars worth of software will never be
sold but distributed freely. I'm not sure what their means are to stop
people from producing software without asking money from it - maybe IRS or
someone can imply penalty taxation on those giving away things for free?
</offtopic>
--
Anders Carlsson
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inside's vehicle, in order to prevent quilt involvement." -- Bit Racer
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