Bravo!
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From: profox-bounces at leafe .D.O.T com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On
Behalf Of Rick Schummer
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:02 PM
To: profox at leafe .D.O.T com
Subject: RE: What's new in 9
>> Is that because they just don't sell?<<
I'm not Whil, but as an author of five of his books - Yes. It does not
matter if they are in a bookstore or on his Web site.
Not to rehash things again, but the books are targeted at a specialized
market. By definition of a niche, you will only sell to the targeted
market. So why not directly target the market and cut out the middleman
(book stores). Heck, buying it through Amazon if you live in the USA is
goofy in my opinion. I would rather give 100% of the revenue directly to
Whil so he can share it with the authors and editors, than for Amazon to
take a cut and send Whil a little more than his costs. I would rather
see the authors get a couple of bucks a book, than zero. Simple
economics. I want there to be incentive for publishers to publish books.
I personally would never think of going to a book store to get a book on
VFP. I would just "call"
Whil or Rainer and have them send it to me. Anyone who has been in this
community knows there are only two serious publishers of FoxPro books.
Rick
White Light Computing, Inc.
www.whitelightcomputing.com
www.swfox.net
www.rickschummer.com
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