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On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:41:26 -0500, "Marvin Margoshes"
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"Robert Clark" wrote in message
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Saw this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer:

Posted on Tue, Mar. 23, 2004
The latest word.
Print-on-demand lets aspiring authors order one copy of their work or
thousands. It's a new wave - or tsunami.
By Kathy Boccella
Inquirer Staff Writer
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/8252240.htm

In the article are described the new presses for which the per-book
printing costs are the same whether one book is ordered or 1,000.
These are used by people who want to self-publish. It requires an
initial outlay in the range of $500. This could be covered by a class
who wanted to use the book, at a price comparable to other textbooks
nowadays.
Here's a review of some of the POD publishers:

Start the Presses
By Troy Dreier
May 27, 2003
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1043174,00.asp

Out of print doesn't mean out of copyright. By the time the copyright
expires, the textbook is only a curiousity.
There is nothing inherent in on-demand printing that conflicts with
copyright rules.

BTW, I am just starting to read a textbook from about 1750, which I
understand is still considered very useful. (Actually, I am reading an
English translation, which is "recent", and probably under copyright.)

Depends what it's a text book about doesn't it I know a few people
that have read (in translation) books from around 1450 ... still very
current ... if you want to know about fighting with or against swords


Bruce


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It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to
think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone´s fault.
If it was Us, what did that make Me ? After all, I´m one of Us. I must be.
I´ve certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No-one ever thinks
of themselves as one of Them. We´re always one of Us. It´s Them that do
the bad things. = Terry Pratchett. Jingo.