"Richard B. Gilbert" wrote: > Jed Clear wrote: > > "Richard B. Gilbert" wrote: > >>Ulrich Windl wrote: > >>>Personally I think for 99$ it's quite expensive (unless quite good) ;-) > <snip> > >>I think you're right about the price. > <snip> > > I think you misclassified it. If I extrapolate from what I recall paying > > for > > college course books a few decades ago[1], it seems quite reasonable for an > > academic text book. > > > > [Pokes around Amazon] Yup, my old freshman calculus text, is going for $149, > > new. > > > > [1] Was it really that long ago...? > > It's been so long I no longer remember what I paid for my college texts!
We won't go into the fact that I had Prof. Thomas autograph my copy, so still have it to look at the price ($26). I'd probably have to updated my Geek Code if I mentioned that. ^U > > I was comparing with the prices of some of the computer related books > I've purchased: "sed and awk" Second Edition by Dale Dougherty & Arnold > Robbins, O'Reilly & Associates 406 pages, soft cover $34.95 or "Learning > the Korn Shell" by Bill Rosenblatt, O'Reilly & Associates 336 pages $29.95. And you just hit on another reason. Both of those are soft cover. Hardcovers always cost more than paperbacks. > > Well, college students have no choice! If they want the course they > must have a copy of the text book. I, OTOH, have a choice and the price > doesn't fit my budget! I would have paid $35 or $40 to see what he > had to say. And his students can probably get it autographed. I'll have to check, but I think you'd get more Geek Points for an autographed NTP tome vs. Calculus. But is it more than a doubly autographed, first edition, K&R? So Prof. Mills, when are the book signings? -Jed _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
