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Why Technical Books Cost What They Do

MAR 01, 1966
Thomas J. Dembofsky

Costs rise. Markets decrease as specialization increases and more people use copying devices. The government competes. Sometimes the publishers feel they are caught in a supply–demand dilemma.

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Thomas J. Dembofsky, McGraw‐Hill Book Company.

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Volume 19, Number 3

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