Dan Sugalski [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth: *>At 09:44 AM 1/10/2002 -0600, Chris Devers wrote: *>> *>>Oh no! May I ask who the editor-in-chief was? None of the books seem to *>>mention this position at all, though I've noticed that they have been *>>adjusting the format of their books recently (not as many with RepCover *>>binding, less color on the book spines (is the ink expensive or is this *>>just aesthetic?), etc., and the colophons now read, not "designed by Edie
I noticed the spine colour change too since, at one point, my tech library was over 150 books [ academia, they may not pay well but they do at least buy you books :) ] and I nerdily organised my ORA books by spine colour since it meant something. I enquired about the change since it makes the books look terribly generic now when spine out on the shelf...from what I gather it was a marketing decision. *>RepCover's pricey, relatively speaking, so easing back on that is probably *>a cost-saving move. Fewer books are being bought on expense accounts these *>days I'd bet--dunno about you, but a couple of bucks can make a difference *>between an impulse purchase and not buying for me. My expense account is dead, it is no more, it has ceased to be. I still buy books but at $40+ a whack they are fewer and more considered. This little 'Missing Manual' books rule and they're ~$20 which is a nice change in tech books. e.
