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Re: Market Research 101 [message #74978 is a reply to message #74976]

Thu, 10 February 2011 08:11

ben.bighair
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Registered: April 2007

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On 2/10/11 10:59 AM, David Fanning wrote:
> Paolo writes:
>
>> Color: how many pages have illustrations? I would
>> think it may be possible to limit color to the illustrations
>> and use B&W for the text - that should contain the costs.
>> I am assuming the printer would charge differently for
>> grayscale pages then colored pages, which may or may not
>> be true.
>
> Yes, this is an option I am exploring. The problem really
> is that the book has LOTS of figures. Figures, I would
> argue, are the whole POINT of the book! And with very
> few exceptions, the figures are in color. Setting up
> a "mixed" book is expensive, too. So that pretty much
> means once it is set, you don't want to add a clarification
> paragraph that throws all the figures onto the B&W page!
> Basically, a set-up nightmare, is what I am saying. :-(
>
>> If you worry about illicit PDFs... It turns
>> out that scanners with OCR are so common and cheap that
>> I doubt it makes any difference if you provide it or not
>> yourself anyway.
>

Hi David,

I have encountered password protected PFDs in the past. I know that it
isn't fool proof, but would that help stem the tide? I bought this book
a while ago...

http://zoi.utia.cas.cz/moment_invariants

... and the code to go with it was in a password protected file. The
password was a word in the book. I don't know, but I suspect that
there's a list of passwords that are generated for each book purchase.
That would limit your ability to sell through other merchandisers.

I hope you get back on your feet soon.

Cheers,
Ben

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		Re: Market Research 101 By: Teddy Allen on Thu, 10 February 2011 11:33
		Re: Market Research 101 By: David Fanning on Thu, 10 February 2011 10:48
		Re: Market Research 101 By: astroboy2k on Thu, 10 February 2011 10:38
		Re: Market Research 101 By: David Fanning on Thu, 10 February 2011 10:19
		Re: Market Research 101 By: David Fanning on Thu, 10 February 2011 09:28
		Re: Market Research 101 By: Carsten Lechte on Thu, 10 February 2011 09:18
		Re: Market Research 101 By: David Fanning on Thu, 10 February 2011 09:05
		Re: Market Research 101 By: Carsten Lechte on Thu, 10 February 2011 08:42
		Re: Market Research 101 By: David Fanning on Thu, 10 February 2011 08:31
		Re: Market Research 101 By: ben.bighair on Thu, 10 February 2011 08:11
		Re: Market Research 101 By: David Fanning on Thu, 10 February 2011 07:59
		Re: Market Research 101 By: pgrigis on Thu, 10 February 2011 07:30
		Re: Market Research 101 By: Mike Potter on Wed, 09 February 2011 23:53
		Re: Market Research 101 By: SonicKenking on Wed, 09 February 2011 16:04
		Re: Market Research 101 By: penteado on Wed, 09 February 2011 15:41
		Re: Market Research 101 By: David Fanning on Wed, 09 February 2011 15:10
		Re: Market Research 101 By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 09 February 2011 14:53
		Re: Market Research 101 By: David Fanning on Wed, 09 February 2011 14:14
		Re: Market Research 101 By: Jean[2] on Wed, 09 February 2011 14:03
		Re: Market Research 101 By: cgguido on Fri, 11 February 2011 11:27
		Re: Market Research 101 By: Paul.Bowyer@gmail.com on Fri, 11 February 2011 01:46

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