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Why publishing is going to hell
Nov. 5th, 2009 05:44 pmFlexagons are fun things you can make with paper. They are topologically interesting.
The two best books on flexagons, by Les Pook, cost $48 in paperback (Cambridge University Press) and $129 in hardcover (no paperback) (Springer Verlag).
How are people who want to have fun -- the Martin Gardner set -- going to fork over that kind of money?
Cambridge and Springer are the acme of greed -- and others are following.
The two best books on flexagons, by Les Pook, cost $48 in paperback (Cambridge University Press) and $129 in hardcover (no paperback) (Springer Verlag).
How are people who want to have fun -- the Martin Gardner set -- going to fork over that kind of money?
Cambridge and Springer are the acme of greed -- and others are following.
