On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 23:30:41 -0500 (EST), D. Jay Newman wrote:

> We're at two ends of a spectrum. I *hate* books that come with
> CDs. If the book is a paperback I can never get it to open right
> without the cover actually bending.

I'm with you, and there's another reason not to like them in the UK (and perhaps in the rest of Europe): a 
book is zero-rated for VAT, but if it includes a CD it becomes VAT chargeable, so the price is 17.5% more for 
the whole deal (which presumably costs more to begin with to cover the cost of creating and inserting the CD).  
And since a CD is going to get out of date, the chances are it will be necessary to re-download it anyway!

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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