Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] OT: Copyrights/BOD

[William Alford <walford@dbtech.net>]

At 11:16 AM 1/9/2004 -0700, John Brownlee wrote:
>       With respect to Acrylic Plastic Viewports, I would want to
>determine whether the bulk of that high price tag has to do with the cost
>of the content, or the cost of it's reproduction. With technical books
>often times the print runs are short and the fixed costs are passed along
>as a high price tag.

not in today's Book-On-Demand (BOD) print world. Such companies as
www.1stbooks.com can print, bind, and ship a 350 page book in 3 minutes. I'm
negotiating with them now about my father's autobiography. Initial investment
for startup ~ $600 then royalties paid to author quarterly. Amazing.

William Alford