That may be the case in the US but wherever I have lived in the UK there is a library service and if a particular library doesn't have a book then they will order it in either new for that library or on loan from another library so being well-to-do has nothing to do with the ability to obtain post-1923 books... sorry if that's not the case in the "Land of the Free."
As for my quoted comment (with your additions), "Why does everybody ignore their free right to refuse participation in the buying process if they object to the prices?" "I don't know who you are referring to. I have seen only a million and one posts here of people shouting from the rooftops that they will not buy an eBook priced over $9.99." And I've seen the same number of people (including you) complain that they can't buy at the price they want to pay and so we should force the sellers to change their ways because they must be price gougers and money grubbers... very democratic and freedom loving...
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Originally Posted by GA Russell
What if every book were price gouged? We have in the US a public policy that reading should not be limited to the well to do.
About 25 years ago I read a column which I still remember about Ilie Nastase and his antics. The column quoted a philosopher from ages past (I wish I could remember who it was) who said that the individual should not be allowed to do what would result in disaster if everyone did it.
If every book were price gouged, only the well to do could read. Or more specifically, only the well to do could read a book published after 1923. Is that what you want America to be?
And by the way, you mention using the library. I'm happy for everyone who finds what he wants at his local library. I've lived many places, and that has never been the case for me. Praise the Lord for Amazon!
3) el creative, you ask, "Why does everybody ignore their free right to refuse participation in the buying process if they object to the prices?" I don't know who you are referring to. I have seen only a million and one posts here of people shouting from the rooftops that they will not buy an eBook priced over $9.99.
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