> I assume you're saying that without having read it?
No, I am saying the author doesn't want to disseminate his ideas, he wants to become rich. US$75.00 is simply too high a price for any book (not to say there aren't even more expensive books, but the same reasoning applies to them).
The only place where authors get away with this kind of pricing is when a college professor requires his class to buy his book, in which case the students have no choice. Outrageous but true.
This is not how you change the world, it's how you charge the world.
Also, even granted an avaricious motive and all other considerations aside, the author would probably make more money by pricing his book more realistically.
No, I am saying the author doesn't want to disseminate his ideas, he wants to become rich. US$75.00 is simply too high a price for any book (not to say there aren't even more expensive books, but the same reasoning applies to them).
The only place where authors get away with this kind of pricing is when a college professor requires his class to buy his book, in which case the students have no choice. Outrageous but true.
This is not how you change the world, it's how you charge the world.
Also, even granted an avaricious motive and all other considerations aside, the author would probably make more money by pricing his book more realistically.