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My father was a prof and said that’s basically all they do between editions. “Enlarge the margins… shrink the margins…” he said, to throw off the page numberin

My father was a prof and said that’s basically all they do between editions. “Enlarge the margins… shrink the margins…” he said, to throw off the page numbering, I guess.

nunez 5y ago
pretty much. the textbook industry is a huge racket
samhw 5y ago
> “Enlarge the margins… shrink the margins…” Is the pun intended?
- WalterGR 5y ago
  Ha! Shrink the margins to enlarge their margins? Nope, not intended. Good spotting.
  - samhw 5y ago
    I wonder if your father intended it? It's funny to think the joke might have gone unnoticed all those years!