Re: PC - The Retreat of Reason
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:45 pm
?10.50? It's available for free in PDF format. Here it is
But let?s be rational and reasonable (after all, that is what the Civitas piece entreating us to be). At ?10.50 Civitas are probably giving the printed document away free (dependent on economies of scale). How much do you think it cost to have researchers research all the data and content? How much do you think it cost to have someone compile and collate the data and content? How much do you think it cost to do the page layout, typesetting and printing? How much do you think it cost to hire someone to pack and post the document? Indeed how much did the postage and packing cost per unit? So, you see, nothing is free. Someone somewhere has to bear the cost and if Civitas only move a few hundred copies at ?10.50 they will end up bearing the cost.
But stop. Once again people are not addressing the issue of the document, instead brushing past it to focus on peripheral issues (and non issues at that). Why is that? Is there a pattern developing here? Is it to difficult an issue to address? To complex? Why the reticence? Are forumites uncomfortable with it? I find all that rather intriguing.
Officer Dibble
But let?s be rational and reasonable (after all, that is what the Civitas piece entreating us to be). At ?10.50 Civitas are probably giving the printed document away free (dependent on economies of scale). How much do you think it cost to have researchers research all the data and content? How much do you think it cost to have someone compile and collate the data and content? How much do you think it cost to do the page layout, typesetting and printing? How much do you think it cost to hire someone to pack and post the document? Indeed how much did the postage and packing cost per unit? So, you see, nothing is free. Someone somewhere has to bear the cost and if Civitas only move a few hundred copies at ?10.50 they will end up bearing the cost.
But stop. Once again people are not addressing the issue of the document, instead brushing past it to focus on peripheral issues (and non issues at that). Why is that? Is there a pattern developing here? Is it to difficult an issue to address? To complex? Why the reticence? Are forumites uncomfortable with it? I find all that rather intriguing.
Officer Dibble