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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] The Navy Speaks: Bubsy is Public Domain



In a message dated 10/6/00 3:00:25 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
s_lindblom@conknet.com writes:

> There are also "book on demand" houses springing up, that specialize in
>  keepiing out of print books in print, by printing them out one at a time on
>  a Docutex machine as the orders come in.
>  
>  Expensive, compared to a real mass published book, but not that expensive.
>  Busby would probably cost around $40. I suspect increasingly we will see
>  folks like the gov printing office and the univerities turning to this.
>  
>  As far as the question someone else asked, what's wrong with a CD, I happen
>  to like the feel of a book in my hand, plus you can't read a CD at night in
>  bed to get to sleep. Besides, how can a CD get dogeared?
>  
What about both? I like to copy certain books so that when I'm soldering or 
doing something else I don't have to worry about damaging a book, only a 
photocopy (this is also good during lunch when mustard drips on a page, or 
when I get a bloody nose...).

Anthony