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From: jmsellens@watmath.UUCP (John M Sellens)
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Subject: Re: The software industry (a bit on book publishing)
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Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 12:53:54 EST
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In this months' (February) Byte, Jerry Pournelle bemoans the fact that
there are zillions of "computer" books and most of them are junk.  He
suggests that, when you find a good book, or series of books, you make
a point of bringing it to the attention of the store manager.  The same
works for bad books or publishers.  It's all based in the profit motive
and the store manager's and distributor's inability to distinguish good
books from bad (what do they know about computers, right?).

Of course, many people are aware that these suggestions apply very well
to many aspects of life.

John