From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jan 21 23: 1:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from tomts1-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts1.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.139]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20B251554E for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 23:01:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hoek@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost.nowhere ([206.172.235.34]) by tomts1-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.02.07 201-229-116-107) with ESMTP id <20000122070134.UYQU24271.tomts1-srv.bellnexxia.net@localhost.nowhere>; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 02:01:34 -0500 Received: (from tim@localhost) by localhost.nowhere (8.9.3/8.9.1) id BAA52938; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 01:37:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from tim) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 01:37:12 -0500 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: Brett Glass , Terry Lambert , freebsd-chat Subject: Re: UCITA (Important) Message-ID: <20000122013712.A52838@mad> References: <4.2.2.20000121141100.019a6370@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: ; from Jonathon McKitrick on Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 09:34:03PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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