Re: Publishing Online

DB (DB.PRESSBKS@press.uchicago.edu)
Wed, 7 Dec 1994 07:08:15 -0800

David Hart wrote:
>Why publish in hardcopy? Put an electronic version together, keep it up
to date >with the latest information, and keep its value and worth
consistant with its subject >matter. Sell it through an internet presence,
and take all the profit (well, almost all). >You can then offer it at an
attractive price. This type of spin to the project would >_definately_
attract me as a customer.

Why would an electronic-only online edition be more attractive? Have you
bought other online books? Are they more pleasurable to read online books?
Are electronic-only books more useful? Supposing you have a printed guide
to the Internet and an electronic guide to the Internet, do you refer to
the electronic one more often?
I would be grateful to hear from anyone who has bought an online book and
either liked what they got or didn't like it.

Dean Blobaum
The University of Chicago Press
dblobaum@press.uchicago.edu
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