SR 71, Shul's writing, and a question.

Matt Whiting wrote in news:sRX%i.859$2n4.24750
@news1.epix.net:

Alric Knebel wrote:
Right, sure, Vagina, work it boi-girl, work it.

Fruit cake.


Couldn't you find a longer post against which to make a stupid one-line
reply with no trimming. This is the pot calling the kettle black.


wow,


Whooosh..


Do you even feel it as it flies between your ears?


Bertie

The following text is from Brian Shul's Sled Driver, his memoir of
flying the SR-71.

Huge snip of great stuff

I hope you paid him to use that quotation, cuz he wants over $400 for
his book. You just used about twenty bucks worth...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I hope you paid him to use that quotation, cuz he wants over $400 for
his book. You just used about twenty bucks worth...

Whoops, sorry -- I'm behind the curve in this thread, as I see this
has already been discussed.

I met Schul at the Reno Air Races in '04. He was selling his book
whilst sitting at a card table, and Mary and I briefly considered
adding his book to our library.

It was rude of me, I know, but when he told me the price I burst out
laughing. I seriously thought he was joking. It was immediately
obvious that he *wasn't* joking. Needless to say, we didn't hit it
off after that.

Personally, I think anyone trying to sell a book for $400 is bonkers
-- but if ya can get it, it's not a bad gig.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote in news:65fa2467-b75d-4824-bce3-
:

I hope you paid him to use that quotation, cuz he wants over $400 for
his book. You just used about twenty bucks worth...

Whoops, sorry -- I'm behind the curve in this thread, =


Now there;s a surpirse.

MAybe you could get a usenet simulator and practie.


Bertie

Jay, have you seen some of the textbook prices at colleges lately?
Well over 100 is common. Why, you can almost buy a wingful of fuel for
the price of a book (I offer that as a way for you to think about
costs when son goes off to school).

Since your Inn has been overbooked the last bunch of weekends, you can
start saving for the books by increasing the rack rate a little!

Jay, have you seen some of the textbook prices at colleges lately?
Well over 100 is common. Why, you can almost buy a wingful of fuel for
the price of a book (I offer that as a way for you to think about
costs when son goes off to school).

Good point. It always amazes me that I can buy the autobiography of
Neil Armstrong for $6.98 at Barnes & Noble, or the story of the Enola
Gay for $9.97, but a book on Pre-Calculus is over $100.

To me, the value of these books is obviously inverted, but I suppose
that's my bias towards a liberal arts degree showing...

Since your Inn has been overbooked the last bunch of weekends, you can
start saving for the books by increasing the rack rate a little!

We NEVER overbook. Only bottom-feeding, scum-sucking big-box chains
pull that kind of crap. Of course, in return, we actually expect
people to show up -- and charge the crap out of them when they don't.
But that's the trade off...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Overbooked" was a poor choice of a word, wait listed would have been
better phrase.

The point about pricing is valid, though. If you consistantly are
having requests for 30% more rooms than you physically have, adjusting
the price upward would be profitable. Airlines base prices on demand,
you offer an aviation themed facility. . .

Some academic institutions are actually addressing the cost of text
books. Unless the field is very dynamic, basic texts should be used
for quite a few years. Dynamic fields and grad schools often use
journal articles rather than books -- those fields are moving targets.




On Nov 18, 8:52 pm, Jay Honeck wrote:
Jay, have you seen some of the textbook prices at colleges lately?
Well over 100 is common. Why, you can almost buy a wingful of fuel for
the price of a book (I offer that as a way for you to think about
costs when son goes off to school).

Good point. It always amazes me that I can buy the autobiography of
Neil Armstrong for $6.98 at Barnes & Noble, or the story of the Enola
Gay for $9.97, but a book on Pre-Calculus is over $100.

To me, the value of these books is obviously inverted, but I suppose
that's my bias towards a liberal arts degree showing...

Since your Inn has been overbooked the last bunch of weekends, you can
start saving for the books by increasing the rack rate a little!

We NEVER overbook. Only bottom-feeding, scum-sucking big-box chains
pull that kind of crap. Of course, in return, we actually expect
people to show up -- and charge the crap out of them when they don't.
But that's the trade off...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:52:17 -0800 (PST), Jay Honeck wrote:

Jay, have you seen some of the textbook prices at colleges lately?
Well over 100 is common. Why, you can almost buy a wingful of fuel for
the price of a book (I offer that as a way for you to think about
costs when son goes off to school).

Good point. It always amazes me that I can buy the autobiography of
Neil Armstrong for $6.98 at Barnes & Noble, or the story of the Enola
Gay for $9.97, but a book on Pre-Calculus is over $100.

Well...volume has a bit to do with it. Probably been a lot fewer copies of the
pre-calc book published. What's more, the same outlets for new textbooks
usually sell used textbooks, too, which further harms the market. Mass-market
used books have hit-and-miss sales, but for used textbooks, they know where the
books will sell (the profs ID the books for the classes), they know when the
books will sell (in the weeks prior to class start), and they know where the
buyers will be looking for the books (the campus bookstore). Even if the
textbooks sold for $10 new, there'd be people looking for used ones instead.

Finally, for whatever reason, textbooks have a limited life. The Neil Armstrong
book will sell forever, as will the Enola Gay book, but five years from now, the
textbook will be supplanted by something new. After which, unlike "normal"
books, its used value is near-zero. (Obligatory aviation content) It's like
when you go to a used bookstore and find the 1994 FAR/AIM for sale. You're not
too likely to buy it.....

Ron Wanttaja

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
...

Personally, I think anyone trying to sell a book for $400 is bonkers
-- but if ya can get it, it's not a bad gig.


And if ya can get it you're not bonkers.

Jay Honeck writes:

Personally, I think anyone trying to sell a book for $400 is bonkers
-- but if ya can get it, it's not a bad gig.

See http://www.taschen.com.