The Truth Behind Textbooks...

Author: jverber

Date: January 16, 2003

by jverber
1-16-03
At the headquarters of a well-known publisher of college textbooks.
The new edition of "The History of America: Go Us" is ready to ship.
Hmm. Good. How much are we going to charge?
Let me see, I have my notes right here. Ah, yes. We were thinking $35.
What? That's ridiculous!
But sir, according to my notes, the book is half as long as the old edition, and we didn't bother to have an editor look at it.
$50? Maybe... Or $75... We DID include lots of pictures....