I attended the LA run workshop yesterday entitled "Managing a Business
Information Service" which I found very useful. Being a relative newcomer to
the world of business information (and therefore useful sources) I decided
it would be a good idea to buy a book on the subject.
I 'discovered' "Navigating Business Information Sources" by Burke & Hall
which looked excellent till I saw the price tag of £30.00. Now I appreciate
that a lot of work has gone into the writing of the book and that it's
difficult to estimate its potential value and use to me, but it is a
paperback after all.
How can this price be justified, particularly when the blurb on the back
cover mentions students among its potential readership. I'm sure the authors
don't get much money out of it, and to claim that the price reflects a small
print run (it is a specialist book and not a Penguin classic) seems a lame
excuse.
Surely the objective of the publisher (The Library Association) is to shift
as many copies as possible - so why the unecessarily high price?
Dale
DALE MOORE
INFORMATION SPECIALIST
BUSINESS LINK LONDON EAST
TEL: 0181 432 0424
FAX: 0181 432 0499
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