To: WSFAlist at WSFA.org
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 01:30:14 -0500
Subject: [WSFA] Re: New mass market pb format
From: ronkean at juno.com
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:20:19 -0500 "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net> writes:
>

> And I'm really confused by your math.   You're willing to spend $500
> a year
> on books -- but only if they are priced at (or below?) $5.00 each.
> But if
> their price rises to $8.00 each, you're only willing to spend less
> than
> one-fifth that, $96, a year for books.  And should, ghod forbid, the
> prices
> rise to $10.00 each, $20 is your annual maximum for books.

I don't think it's a matter of math - rather it's economics.  If tuna is
$1 per pound and caviar is $1000 per pound, most people would buy far
more tuna than caviar, and, spend far more money each year on tuna than
on caviar.  Probably most people would buy no caviar at all, given those
prices.  If the prices were reversed, people would spend much more money
on caviar than on tuna.

Ron Kean

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