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Old 04-28-2012, 11:20 AM   #119
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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg View Post
This someone sounds more like a minister than an author, although I suppose there are authors like this.

Either way, are you sure you don't know why said minister or author would care more about making a more comfortable life for their family than the enlightenment of strangers?

Or it could just be that the minister/author is a manipulative SOB who wants more money to have more power over others.

The question of why intellectual property needs to be priced is touched on in the one eBook that I have ever paid for, for my own personal use as opposed to a gift. I now find it available, with a wait, for my favorite price. Bad title, good book:

http://ebooks.nypl.org/A675657B-C5A5...9-c297ae6738ea
No, that book assumes that things in general need to be priced. We are not sure that this is the case.
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