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i'm willing to forgive higher prices if the publisher had to jump through hoops to get the book out there, such as buying an expensive original copy as is the case here. they need to recoup their investment and i don't begrudge them.

i put in a request for a norman spinrad novel, the iron dream, that i would gladly pay a higher price for because not only are original copies expensive, the only current ebook edition is trash. its admittedly a novel that i'm sure has a limited audience and i wouldnt begrudge a higher price so they see a financial return on their investment.

i'll pay more for rarity. i won't pay agency publishers over inflated prices for books that have so many copies pumped out that library book sales are full to the rafters of them. i'm not paying $19 for something like a king ebook when i can get a hardcopy for 25 cents in a few months.