On 12/06/06 00:41 +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: > On 6/11/06, Devdas Bhagat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >CDs are dirt cheap (<= 10 INR per CD pressed once you create the master). > >Content isn't. 100 INR is _not_ much for a good magazine, particularly > Agreed, CDs are dirt cheap. But 100 INR is still not affordable for > many. I for example cannot afford to shell out 100 INR every month. > I'd much rather spend the extra few minutes googling. > > I don't know what the pricing procedure is and I also don't know if > the magazine can be printed in, say, lower quality paper or something > to lower cost. Just a suggestion to probably stand out from the rest > of the magazines ;-) > That might work too. Though that kind of cost cutting tends to put off advertisers and other readers. Indian editions of most books are cheap (about 20% of their US counterparts). Particularly if you are in electronics or computer science.
> >if you notice that the average student outside the Mumbai metropolitan > >region spends more than that on fuel alone. > Fuel?? You're certainly talking about a different class of people > here. I (and most of educated India, AFAIK) don't spend on fuel. > Mostly its on bus and train fare ;-). > Notice the "outside the Mumbai metropolitan region" there. Mumbai and Kolkata are exceptions in India, not the rule. > >You can always get your college/school to subscribe to it, and borrow > >from a library. > Hmm yeah, thats a nice idea. But I doubt if schools/colleges issue > magazines. Mine didn't. They issue only "study books". You can read > magazines in the library thats all. You *can* borrow CDs though, so > thats a plus. > That's a question of amending college policies, whch would be a lot simpler. Reading magazines in the library shouldn't be an issue either. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
