Re: Paperback Sizes, was Inflation
- From: Jon Noring <jon@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: Paperback Sizes, was Inflation
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 12:08:17 -0600
Michael Hart wrote:
> PS Does anyone at all really appreciate the research
> I do on these topics enough to warrant me doing this?
Yes, I do!
But it is important to do the research without any bias or
preconceived outcome. And get some sharp people involved to help
gather and analyze the data. Let's get some spreadsheets built!
Determining the factors which determine the final retail cost of a
paperback is very useful data, but fairly complicated. When we do the
analysis for every decade the last 50 years, that makes it even more
complicated. Finally, analyzing the social/political/economic trends
that contribute to the changing cost factors is the most difficult of
all since it becomes more difficult for the analyst to not let his/her
personal ideology influence the analysis.
Jon Noring