> In fact, the topic of our (developing) book was raised in a thread on > Tutor this past August 9/10th. Ironically, the topic at that time is > the same as that raised by Chris Calloway's question today, about the > $102 list price.
fyi, here is a link to the 1st post of the august thread from kent: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2007-August/056230.html the sale price was excellent back then (45%) but now gone since the school year's started. :-) at least you can get a 12% discount from bookpool (but they're [understandably] OoS at the moment). anyhow, i look fwd to learning something from michael's and david's book. additionally, here is a short article on pricing in the book industry that may some more light: http://publishing.articlesarchive.net/retail-margin-trade-discount-what-it-means-for-the-author.html cheers, -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 http://corepython.com wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com python training and technical consulting cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor