Re: Nibbles Magazines ISO

["Rudy Guy" <ljsilicon@ameritech.net>]

I agree with Dan on this matter. I've been scanning old issues of the Erie
Apple Cruncher Express and putting them in .pdf format. It is a pain in the
behind! These newsletters were only about 20 to 30 pages long. Look at the
size of the Nibble magazines! Mike deserves the asking price. After all, you
are getting the entire run of the magazine and some excellent programming
examples. (Did I mention that I was a conributing editor for most of the
life of the magazine?)

If you're not going to buy them; don't gripe to the group. Mike is the
person to contact. Personally, I have a copy of the DVD and a complete set
of the magazines. They are part of my past and bring back a lot of good
memories. Mike, thanks for the great memories!

Rudy A. Guy
Former Contributing Editor
Nibble Magazine

http://members.aol.com/ljsilicon

"Dan Foster" <usenet@evilphb.org> wrote in message 
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> In article <cWNXe.448$9E2.194@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>, Shawn B. 
> <leabre@html.com> wrote:
>>
>>So true.  I won't pay $140 for the DVD.  I would pay a max of $85...
>>why?  Because the DVD medium is not a scarce resource.  I just
>>purchased on EBay all the Nibble magazines and Nibble Express issues
>>for $300.  Those are indeed a scarce resource.  But the DVD incurrs
>>only the cost of media, labor, and shipping.
>
> If I might point out something...
>
> 1. Mike Harvey put in 12 1/2 years of his life, money, and even house
> mortgage to produce Nibble in the first place. Is he not entitled to
> continue to make money off his hard work? Didn't he earn that right?
>
> This is America, where capitalism is encouraged, and fruits of labor
> rewarded.
>
> 2. Regarding DVD replication costs, I should point out that all these
> issues comprises over 16,300 pages, each of which had to be manually
> scanned in. No automatic high-speed scanner machine or anything.
>
> I think I'd have been well past fried past the 250 page mark!
>
> I believe a small group of people originally started the project but
> later ended the effort, so Mike had to pick up the rest of the work.
>
> Even then, it took him over eight months of work to prepare it.
>
> My calculator indicates that $130 of work done over 8 months works out
> to $16.25/mo which is pretty reasonable. Not even my lawn guy is that
> cheap. ;)
>
> What is $16.25 per month? About three trips to McDonald's skipped, or
> about 5 gallons of gasoline/petrol not bought per month. Surely one
> could save up, if the interest was genuine?
>
> The DVD comprises 135 issues of Nibble, which works out to just under $1
> per issue, and includes the cost of the DVD media. I still think this is
> rather reasonable.
>
> I agree that if you don't see sufficient value in the item to warrant
> buying it, then don't buy it -- and wait to see if cost goes down.
>
> That's reasonable to not buy it if you feel the price is too high.
>
> It is, however, not reasonable to say there were zero costs other than
> DVD creation and replication-related costs of the finished product.
>
> I have no relationship to Mike Harvey other than as a long-time Nibble
> reader and a very satisfied purchaser of the DVD. Yes, the cost made me
> wince, but saved up and then went for it. No regrets here.
>
> -Dan