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Bebsi · Joined: 07 Feb 2005 Posts: 958

It appears there is a lot of demand out there for information on teaching in KSA. While there is a lot of information available in this forum, it is piecemeal and hard to find, by its nature. How many of you would buy an e-book on Saudi, and what would you regard as a reasonable price?

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

Will you throw in a time share in Romania as a bonus?

And has it not occurred to you that users of this site are hardly your target audience?

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I would take one if you paid me a fee, and promised never to sell me a Romanian property.

desert_traveller · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 335

Paul in Saudi · Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 404 Location: Doha, Qatar

Nope.

First off, after eleven years, I guess I am something of an expert and would not need a guidebook.

Next, information about Saudi Arabia is either very, very general (death to drug smugglers) or very, very specific (don't work for X as they do not pay on time). Also all such information is very time-specific. What is true this year may not be true next year.

Imagine it like a travel guide to Saudi Arabia. Such books are not too useful for the reason I outlined.

All in all, a chat room like this seems to be the best format.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Isn't one theoretical advantage of an e-book that it could be easily and quickly updated?

So, every issue could be a 'new edition.'

VS