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ssivakum@ptdcs2.intel.com (Sam Sivakumar) writes:
: In article <3efl4s$7fm@saba.info.ucla.edu>,
: S. Suresh <suresh@ficus.cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
: >
: >4.  The Design of the UNIX Operating System (Indian Edition)
: >    by Maurice J. Bach.  $25  (New Book: $60)
: >
: 	I find it very hard to believe that an Indian Edition book cost
: you $60 when you bought it.  In my experience, standard hardcover textbooks
: in the $50-75 range in the US cost typically Rs. 100-300 in Indian paperback
: editions, which transalate to roughly $3-10.  These Indian editions are
: fully legal but are printed in India with coarser material and paper, which
: makes them fully compatible in terms of content but markedly worse in terms
: of quality of manufacture compared to standard US editions.
: 	I really don't care what you charge for your books, but it seems to
: me that you are trying to make a great deal of money off this by offering
: a book of much poorer quality at rates that would be appropriate for an
: American edition.
: 	
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: Sam Sivakumar            | "It doesn't matter what a man earns. It's
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: herewith are mine alone  |

I think he means that if you were to buy this book in the U.S. it costs
60 bux, I know because I've wanted this one for a long time... But I would
have to agree that if what you say is true about Indian editions (I wouldn't
know, I have never seen any before) then yes, if indeed it cost him anywhere
from 3 to 10 bux to buy it in India, then yes, charging 25 bux used is not
worth it.


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