At 05:40 PM 12/24/01, Chuck Larrieu wrote: >3) books cost too much, and too many of them, particularly in the >certification arena, are of limited value. Still, I have no reasonable >expectation that a publisher owes me the opportunity to buy only particular >chapters, or give me my money back after I have discovered how useless their >title is. I can't remember the title of that Upton Sinclair socialist book >published in the early part of the century, but IIRC, there was an >interested discussion in their about cost of books and compensation to >authors. "From each according to his ability and to each according to his >need" was twisted mightily in that justification, IIRC.
I can't follow your logic, but regarding compensation to authors: We make enough on each book sold to cover the cost of a latte. That's all. We don't see the money. ;-) You may be thinking of the Abbie Hoffman book "Steal this Book." Just kidding! Priscilla >Something else to consider. I've rented rack time from both NLI and IP >Expert. With NLI, I was able to call, and have someone actually test some >voice configurations I was working on. With IP Experts, no such help was >available. NLI has been quite responsive to calls for support. IP Expert >leaves something to be desired there. I say that even though I prefer IP >Expert training materials at this point in time, for reasons I have stated >elsewhere. > >Best wishes and merry Christmas. > >Chuck > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >Wojtek Zlobicki >Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 1:51 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: ccbootcamp part 2 [7:29682] > > > > Developing effective methods for knowledge transfer requires creativity, > > skill, time, money, awareness of the audience and their learning styles, > > and other resources. The results may be proprietary and there's nothing > > wrong with charging for them. I can't comment on the pricing. (Setting a > > good price has always seemed like a black art to me, having only taken one > > business/marketing type class in my life.) It does seem like different > > prices for different countries makes sense, as others have said. > >A copy of your book graces my bookshelf (I have to admit that I have not >had a chance to read it yet). I do not mind paying for the book. There are >a number of people here financing their own CCIE, it would be nice if the >labs were available in parts (I would be interested in labs 1-10 for >example). >The labs are extensive (having seen Lab 1 as an example) but are they >really worth $650. After having sold 100/1000/2000 lab sets, it becomes >less and less clear to me why the $650 fee is warranted. For $650 I can >buy about 10 books that help me prep for my CCIE. Are the works of >Doyle, Halabi, Caslow, Lee et all now worth as much. I don't believe >that each lab takes more work that a book such as yours or Halabi's, >the $650 fee may have been appropriate during the boom but >I do not believe that such a fee is still reasonable. ________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=30064&t=29682 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
