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Re: Book with CD: conclusions
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:22:17 GMT
Original-From: 
James FitzGibbon <james@ican.+StopSpam+net>
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On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Jonathan Knudsen wrote:

Given the #1 and #2 answers, I think the correct
course is to offer the book with or without the CD.
That's what I'll try to do--we'll see what happens.

I'm not sure if ORA is open to this, but what about putting a coupon in
the back of the book to get a CD.  The user just pays S&H.  This reduces
the number of discs you have to duplicate, but needs the infrastructure to
support it.  It seems simple enough (to me) for ORA to make a product in
their database for the CD-ROM with a unit cost of $0.00.

--
j.

James FitzGibbon                                                james@ican.net
System Engineer, ACC Global Net                   Voice/Fax (416)207-7171/7610

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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics



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  Re: Book with CD: conclusions
 
(...) That's a good idea. A heckuva lot cheaper, I'm certain, than printing versions with and without the CD. For the cost difference between a book with CD and a book without, relative to the cost of the book itself, I would imagine that if both (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Book with CD: conclusions
 
(...) Thanks, James. To quote a reply from Mark to me: (...) Steve (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Book with CD: conclusions
 
Thanks to everyone who responded. I got basically three responses: 1. CDs are unnecessary fluff. They make the book stiff and don't add value. 2. CDs are absolutely necessary. Some people don't have easy Internet access, and out-of-date software is (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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