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Originally Posted by Lemurion
I understand that it's the product of a university press, and yes university press books are usually more expensive than those published by commercial publishers. However, it is not Amazon's responsibility to discount the book until it is priced competitively with books from commercial publishers. If the author is complaining that the book is too expensive when the list price is close to twice that of books on similar subjects from commercial publishers, it's not Amazon's fault. The publisher set the price, so they're ultimately responsible.
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Wasn't trying to say that Amazon should lower the prices until university press books are roughly the same price as books published by commercial publishers. That wouldn't make sense business-wise. Just trying to point out that university press books (as well as those from smaller presses) are generally (but not always) going to be more "expensive" compared to books on similar subjects or in similar genres from commercial publishers.