tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post116281790394947319..comments2007-04-09T13:31:58.269-04:00Dick Margulishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10169512038331158003noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-1163973966432542632006-11-19T17:06:00.000-05:002006-11-19T17:06:00.000-05:00Char,<BR/><BR/>I've heard a fair amount of bleating about the cost of college textbooks, principally from parents who remember what textbooks cost back when they were in college, or who at least think they remember and who do not account for inflation. News media have picked up on the story and looked at the relationships among tuition costs at public universities, financial aid, and textbook prices. But, like you, I see it as a problem of perception, not something real.Dick Margulishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02218958799767833798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-1163937211920204522006-11-19T06:53:00.000-05:002006-11-19T06:53:00.000-05:00Interesting. I hadn't really thought about the cost of college books as being inordinately expensive because my perception has always been that they contained a concentration of knowledge (as opposed to say a newspaper or a magazine that contains tidbits of information or a novel that is a fiction written around facts-sometimes). <BR/><BR/>One of the dreams I have is to do design for textbooks or say books like "Photoshop Artistry" and any of the other computer/technical/text books out there. I've always enjoyed their layout and design but haven't figured out yet how to break into that type of design work. Many of the publishing houses use their own in-house production teams as I understand it.Charhttp://illuminatedesigns.com/blognoreply@blogger.com