As I mentioned, a book of mine on the climate crisis is being released at the end of the year. It will be around 85,000 words, and priced high because Praeger is an academic press.
I'm looking at putting out a graphic version, with lossy compression. It 8.5X11 page size, which from my particular printer is the same cost as standard size immediately below that. Each page would be mostly taken up by a graphic with between a sentence and couple of paragraphs of text. Looking at the cost of short run full color printing, the retail would end up being $20-$22. (Not printing cost, but printing cost, other peoples labor, and my labor). . The question is, how is that price for a supplemental text in colleges and universities. That is if you were teaching a class and thought this would make a good supplemental text, would the price stop you from assigning that? While I welcome feedback as to whether this kind of simplified mostly graphic presentation appeals to you, what I really want to know is that if you otherwise liked it, would that retail range stop you from assigning it? Again, give the size and full cover, it can't be fairly compared to paperback without color graphics.. But even given that, is $20 to $22 a showstopper of a price for a supplemental text that is definitely NOT the main textbook in a class? -- Facebook: Gar Lipow Twitter: GarLipow Grist Blog: http://www.grist.org/member/1598 Static page: http://www.nohairshirts.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
