Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 01:37:12 -0500 From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, freebsd-chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: UCITA (Important) Message-ID: <20000122013712.A52838@mad> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001212130110.32187-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from Jonathon McKitrick on Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 09:34:03PM %2B0000 References: <4.2.2.20000121141100.019a6370@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001212130110.32187-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 09:34:03PM +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > For example, supposed i write a textbook and only 1,000 copies sell > because now they an be re-sold as used. Doesn't this hurt my > profits? If you write a textbook and only 1000 copies sell, then there isn't much of a market for your textbook secondhand, anyways. Besides that, as the author of a textbook being purchased by students paying exorbant prices, you will not find that the extra money produced by these exorbant prices enters your pocket, for the most part. Where it goes, nobody knows. -- Signature withheld by request of author. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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