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Originally Posted by OtterBooks
Considering it's Ayn Rand, she would probably suggest that if you can't afford it, you don't deserve to read it anyway.
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On a more serious note, it's pretty obvious why the price is so high right now:
1) It hasn't been a (non-pirated) e-book very long.
2) There's a movie coming out, so it's possible they're trying to capitalize on that.
Like it or not,
Atlas Shrugged has a certain iconic status (especially with the Tea Party crowd, who, I'm guessing from the way they refer to Rand, probably haven't either read it or understood it). Personally, I found
The Fountainhead to be the better book.
But here's the thing: If the Kindle version is too expensive for your tastes, and you think the paper version is a better value, wouldn't it make sense to buy the paper version? Why are people complaining that it's cheaper for them to buy a version of a book that they value
more?
See, I don't think people are really complaining because they're upset about being charged more for a version they value less. I think they want to pay less for a version they value
more. Otherwise, why complain that a version you prefer costs less than one you don't prefer? That's why I think this whole argument that the e-book format should cost less is suspect. People are flocking to e-books right now. The value is obviously there for them. You can't expect companies to charge less for a version that people
do want than a version that people
don't want.