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Re: O'Reilly Mindstorms Book
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:20:49 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ...
> What are the issues related to including a software CD-ROM with a book?
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> - Copyright/ownership/licensing issues relating to the software included
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> - Increase in production cost and complexity
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> - Increase in retail price (maybe)
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> - Increase in revenue/profit (maybe)
In the UK there is a very good reason why books with CD's are undesirable:
Books are zero Value-Added-Tax rated, but books with CD's are not, so cost
the consumer 17.5% more on top of whatever price premium the publisher
places on the addition of a CD.
Huw
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| (...) Funny law, never heard of anything like that, but then it really makes sense that you prefer books without CDs. BTW: here in France books fall under the regular Value Added Tax of about 20% and this is regardless of CDs or other niceties :-( (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) That's an interesting point. I wonder what percentage of the 80,000+ LMS owners out there are net-enabled. Certainly, of the ones geeky enough to buy the book, almost all of those must be net-enabled...? What are the issues related to (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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