I work for a book binding company here in the states, and with the last title we all had to sign contracts stating that if we even told anyone we were printing the book, we would be fired and legal action would be brought against us. We wrapped all the pallets of books in black plastic and had people guarding the trailer where they were stored, so this year when they came to us to print Half Blood Prince, we kept raising our price until they went away. Too much of a hassle for a title we only do every other year or so.
My dad was a communications tech on board a sister ship of the Liberty (USS Gerorgetown http://www.ussgeorgetown.com/gthistory.htm ) and from what I remember him telling me about it, they had more problems with the ship than the Tresscom system, because they used were old surplus ships. He spent a lot of time off the coast of Cuba listening to the local "news". I think he thought it was pretty cool and important because he would always tell us stories about that period of time, and didn't really say much about his time at Ft. Meade or Pearl Harbor, but then again he probably couldn't say too much workin for the NSA....
First off, I work for a book bindery that does a lot of college textbook printing(so I might be biased). But don't blame us for the high costs of textbooks, we are only getting 1986 prices for the books we print, despite the rises in costs of living, materials, etc. Many book binderies have gone out of business in past couple of years because publishers banding together and forcing the prices they pay down to nothing. That said.. I get all my textbooks for free because I make them:)
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I work for a book binding company here in the states, and with the last title we all had to sign contracts stating that if we even told anyone we were printing the book, we would be fired and legal action would be brought against us. We wrapped all the pallets of books in black plastic and had people guarding the trailer where they were stored, so this year when they came to us to print Half Blood Prince, we kept raising our price until they went away. Too much of a hassle for a title we only do every other year or so.
My dad was a communications tech on board a sister ship of the Liberty (USS Gerorgetown http://www.ussgeorgetown.com/gthistory.htm ) and from what I remember him telling me about it, they had more problems with the ship than the Tresscom system, because they used were old surplus ships. He spent a lot of time off the coast of Cuba listening to the local "news". I think he thought it was pretty cool and important because he would always tell us stories about that period of time, and didn't really say much about his time at Ft. Meade or Pearl Harbor, but then again he probably couldn't say too much workin for the NSA....
First off, I work for a book bindery that does a lot of college textbook printing(so I might be biased). But don't blame us for the high costs of textbooks, we are only getting 1986 prices for the books we print, despite the rises in costs of living, materials, etc. Many book binderies have gone out of business in past couple of years because publishers banding together and forcing the prices they pay down to nothing. That said.. I get all my textbooks for free because I make them :)