[s-cars] RE: urS4 Bentleys

[Chris Semple]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of CyberPoet

--snip--
> And
> here lies the problem: given that they already offer the product in CD
> form, the motivation to rob their CD sales may be lacking (their cost
> per copy there is under $3) and that may be the primary hold-back --
> any sales would have to offset their margins on the CD version ($90
> per?), which when added to the one-off print costs make the books
> prohibitively expensive.
> Cheers
> =-= Marc Glasgow

Give the man a cigar! That's basically what they "didn't tell me" when I
pushed on this issue also a year or so ago. They had standing orders from
everyone from Amazon.com to the little guys(me) and yet seemed unconcerned.
Note that some newer manuals are only released on CD. It's obviously a more
profitable endeavor, both in production and warehousing/distribution.

A look at Bentley's tech chat
section(http://tech.bentleypublishers.com/forum.jspa?forumID=28&start=0)
shows our own Chris Miller has spent lots of (presumably Bentley's) time
answering questions with

"Our paper manual is out of print right now, but some vendors have it. The
CD version is in stock."

Cheers,
Chris Semple
Concord NH
'92 S4 w/3 vol
   '81 Vw Pickup
      '93 E350 Club