I 'm going to include The Assault on Reason

malaise

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Mon Jun-18-07 05:11 PM
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I 'm going to include The Assault on Reason

on my first year students' reading list for the fall semester. What do DUers think. Any chance that a paperback version will be out before September.

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Bjornsdotter

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Mon Jun-18-07 05:14 PM
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1. Doubtful

...on the paperback; however contact the publisher, they may have a "special" class price.

Cheers

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blondeatlast

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Mon Jun-18-07 05:18 PM
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4. Also contact a larger retailer or your college bookstore.

B&N will do this in their college stores.

The paperback will not happen before about January, if even then.

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blondeatlast

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Mon Jun-18-07 05:17 PM
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2. As to your last question, not a chance.

Hardcover, NF bestsellers almost never go paperback beofre 6 months after initial release, more and more, that's becoming one year.

Even if Gore would want it to go PB sooner, it couldn't without leaving ditributors and retailers with thousands of unsalable hardcovers, so publishers won't even consider it.

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Sequoia

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Mon Jun-18-07 05:17 PM
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3. No way. Write Al and ask him to authorize a school special.

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WindRavenX

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Mon Jun-18-07 05:20 PM
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5. see if it's availible as a digital book for download

Because I remember HATING professors who assigned new hardcover books because they cost so fucking much :grr:

Now, a 10 dollar iTunes download for a digital textbook? Grrovy.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-18-07 05:45 PM
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6. Yep the cost is my only worry

I'll follow all the advice above. Thanks all.

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Horse with no Name

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Mon Jun-18-07 05:51 PM
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7. Why don't you contact the publisher

Maybe he can hook you up with some advance reading copies that weren't distributed.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-18-07 06:36 PM
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9. Will do

I'll use all the advice on the thread. Thanks

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blm

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Mon Jun-18-07 05:52 PM
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8. Great idea, but isn't it usually about 6mths before a book goes to paperback?

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