In defence of pricey books and students,
Why demean students? They are the professionals of the future. Just
because a book has students as one segment of its targeted market, why
should that necessarily demean the quality of the content?
Also, if there is a limited market for a product by reducing the cost
you will reduce the revenue from it. It doesn't make sense.
Business information is a valuable commodity and has the potential to
generate millions of pounds profit. 30 pounds for a wee book is surely a
small price to pay.
If I weren't a poor student I'd buy a copy today.
Stuart Webster
IM student at Queen Margaret University College
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, Dale Moore <[log in to unmask]> writes
>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Surely the objective of the publisher (The Library Association) is to shift
>as many copies as possible - so why the unecessarily high price?
>
>Dale
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>DALE MOORE
>INFORMATION SPECIALIST
>BUSINESS LINK LONDON EAST
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>TEL: 0181 432 0424
>FAX: 0181 432 0499
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