Couldn't agree more. But then why revise the book three times?
Tim Typo Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: 12. april 2007 23:23 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: The mysterious ways of marketing Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows XP Where do you want to go today? The basic principles of photography and dealing with exposure, light, composition do not expire. Technology moves on and things change a little, but not alot. Tom C. >From: Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: The mysterious ways of marketing >Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:03:18 +0200 > >I see your point. But this guy isn't so bad. In fact it could be used as a >coffee table book. Not at a classy coffee table, but, you get the idea. > >The thing that really caught my attention was the does not expire part. How >dumb do they think we are? > > >Tim Typo >Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob >W >Sent: 12. april 2007 22:22 >To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' >Subject: RE: The mysterious ways of marketing > >Most technical photo books are very poor, and just an excuse for the >photographer to show off some of his pictures (they're almost all by >men). > >-- > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Tim Øsleby > > Sent: 12 April 2007 16:27 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: The mysterious ways of marketing > > > > I just received a marketing mail. > > > > It's a about a book, the title translates to something like >"Practical > > digital photography". I know it is a good book because I > > already have the > > first edition. A few months after I bought it, a new revised > > "much improved > > edition" came. Smart as I am I skipped that, and I was right. > > Now it is > > improved even more in a third edition. > > > > Ok. That's the background. The smart marketing people are > > selling the book > > v3.0 with the words "This book does not expire". It goes on, > > "because this > > book is about basic photography and not about the latest fashion of > > equipment". > > Yeah, right. I'll have one of those, not ;-) > > > > > > Tim Typo > > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
