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Other => Off-topic => Topic started by: KonstantinosM on April 03, 2015, 06:46:17 PM



Title: College Textbook writing sucks ass through a gardenhose
Post by: KonstantinosM on April 03, 2015, 06:46:17 PM
Here is an example:

http://s13.postimg.org/dredgthjr/bstextbook.png



Writing something twice isn't enough, let's add a ton of parentheses.

I wonder how many extra nickels they made with that decision.


Title: Re: College Textbook writing sucks ass through a gardenhose
Post by: MegaFall on April 04, 2015, 03:50:33 AM
Here is an example:

http://s13.postimg.org/dredgthjr/bstextbook.png



Writing something twice isn't enough, let's add a ton of parentheses.

I wonder how many extra nickels they made with that decision.

That they do...

Writers are given a required amount of pages by the publisher to write. Usually 200+ pages, I guess to try to justify the $200 price tag. So they end up filling them with fluff.