Re: [ANN] New book on AppleScriptObjC
Re: [ANN] New book on AppleScriptObjC
- Subject: Re: [ANN] New book on AppleScriptObjC
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:16:41 -0400
- Thread-topic: [ANN] New book on AppleScriptObjC
On 10/22/10 3:33 PM, "Michael Grant" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> Looks good, but thirty bucks seems a little steep for an e-book in
>>> these penny-pinching times.... At $15 or $20 I wouldn't have thought
>>> twice.
>>
>> Seriously? The fact it's the best, and only documentation on AppleScriptObjC
>> from one of the experts doesn't matter? Just that you don't like the price?
>> So don't buy it then, and struggle along. Or suck it up and buy it.
>>
>> But don't sit there and dismiss the massive amount of work this took, and
>> tell someone what their time isn't worth to you. That's really quite
>> insulting.
>
> Not dismissing, just commenting. Shane has every right to set whatever
> price he sees fit, and more power to him... and I have the right to
> comment on it. If you find that insulting, may I suggest that you just
> might be a wee bit oversensitive?
Or, I'm someone who has written books, has a wife who is a professional
artist, and is heartily sick of people telling me what they think the work
*they didn't do* should cost.
You didn't comment about the content or even the possible content. You said
that thirty bucks is too much for an "e-book". What, e-books are only suited
to be sold as cheaply as possible? The work that goes into them isn't
comparable to a "real" book?
"Oh, it's an E-BOOK. Clearly, those should cost less."
Less than what? You couldn't even wait until folks who aren't cheap or are
reviewing it looked at it and gave you feedback. You saw "E-Book + $30" and
decided it couldn't POSSIBLY be worth that.
--
"You cannot really appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the original
Klingon."
- 10th most commonly uttered Klingon programmer phrase
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