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Originally Posted by Morlac
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And I agree with you that costs can be trimmed. But those costs will be trimmed by paying people -- our selves, colleagues, friends, and neighbors -- less money or eliminating their jobs entirely. And/or they will be trimmed by delivering a less polished product. I'm not saying that those things aren't inevitable, perhaps. But rushing toward the lowest possible cost of content has consequences that are often ignored. No such thing as a free lunch...
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Not to be snarky, but welcome to the world of capitalism. The rest of us have had to face these factors our entire careers. I would also point out that sometimes cost trimming actually has the opposite effect of delivering a more polished product.
Now, text books, are probably more subject to market forces than the average novel (after all, while there are differences in terms of quality and content, a 1st grade Math text book is in many ways going to be very much like any other 1st grade Math text book). Publishers have tended to escape the same rules that other industries have because if you want to read Harry Potter, you can't simply substitute a cheaper product.
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Bill