Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution

[Dave Monroe]

On 5/3/07, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> >$99.95/£55.00
> >
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> Where are we going with this? 100 bucks for a non-fiction book? Have the
> publishers ever thought about physical persons who migh be interested in
> actually buying this volume?

They're hoping libraries will.  Or I will, when I can find one
used/discounted.  But my understanding is, th profit margin on such
specialized academic books is among the lowest in publishing (whereas
"cheap" mass market paperbacks are sold at the hihest percentage
markup).  Economies of scale don't come into play, alas.  And I've
been told that books are relatively cheap here (55 GBP, for example, =
approx. $110 already, so ...) ...