From - Tue Aug 13 11:44:07 1996 Received: from wnt.dc.lsoft.com (wnt.dc.lsoft.com [206.241.12.7]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id IAA05402 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 1996 08:31:28 -0400 Message-Id: <199608131231.IAA05402@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (206.241.12.4) by wnt.dc.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id <0.17835410@wnt.dc.lsoft.com>; Tue, 13 Aug 1996 7:57:36 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 11:01:16 GMT Reply-To: G R A Dunbar Sender: Lojban list From: G R A Dunbar Organization: The Robert Gordon University Subject: Re: inputs sought on publiocation of Lojban reference gramm X-To: Lojban list To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 1839 Logical Language Group writes: >If the Lojban reference book, in hardbound at 600 pages were being offered >at $30, would you buy it, and how many copies would you buy? >If it were offered at $40, would you buy it and how many copies would you buy? >From the point of view of someone living outwith the US I think it is immaterial whether the price is $30 or $40. 600 pages, even printed on thin "bible" type paper is going to cost a fortune to ship. Also, I am not keen on telling the world my credit card number and the cost of a bank cheque/check in $US from the UK is about 25% of the price of the book. If the book was to be published with an ISBN then (UK) bookstores (and libraries) would be willing to order it on request. If it is published without an ISBN then it joins the mass of grey publications that are next to impossible to obtain. Is the binding true (stitched) casebound hardback or perfect (edge glued) binding in hard covers? I would much rather see sprial or comb binding than perfect binding, particularly with a fat reference book which is opened repeatedly at the same pages. Paperback manuals eject their pages after a short while. On the question of quantity - one. Regards, Graeme +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Graeme Dunbar | | School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering | | The Robert Gordon University | | Schoolhill Tel. +44 1224 262415 | | Aberdeen AB10 1FR Fax +44 1224 262444 | | Scotland U.K. email g.r.a.dunbar@rgu.ac.uk | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+