[OS X TeX] Why does this hang so = [OT] electronic books

[Alain Schremmer]

On Oct 27, 2009, at 4:46 PM, Jason Davies wrote:

> the vast majority of the cost of a book is the preparation.  
> Actually printing and distritubing is fairly trivial (eg the  
> friends I have who run a press say it costs about £3-4 to produce a  
> hardback.)

 From my old publishing days I can believe that. But these were pre- 
pdf, at a time when you had to provide "blues". I don't know how it  
is today.

For that matter, I cannot find any "Print On Demand" printer  
interested in having a button on freemathtexts for people who want a  
printed copy.

Regards
--schremmer