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View Poll Results: March 2010 Mobile Read Book Club Vote
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers? by Mary Roach 14 18.42%
The Omnivore's Delimma by Michael Pollan 2 2.63%
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 3 3.95%
Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things by Richard Wiseman 10 13.16%
American Notes by Charles Dickens 7 9.21%
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn 8 10.53%
A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell 4 5.26%
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson 14 18.42%
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman 2 2.63%
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 3 3.95%
The Stranger Beside Me by Anne Rule 3 3.95%
The Greek Myths by Robert Graves 6 7.89%
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Old 03-02-2010, 05:39 PM   #31
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I've been hearing/reading lots of good things about 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.'

So far I'm the only vote for it though.
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I've been hearing/reading lots of good things about 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.'

So far I'm the only vote for it though.
The only place I can find it in the UK has it for £33.54, which is a bit rich for me
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The only place I can find it in the UK has it for £33.54, which is a bit rich for me

Ouch! That's robbery!

I understand the lack of votes then. Maybe later when the price comes down.
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Looked so interesting. Just went ahead and got a copy for myself.
From what I have read - Very Interesting.
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The only place I can find it in the UK has it for £33.54, which is a bit rich for me
I checked on Amazon, and this e-book is not available for customers in Australia.

Is that the price for the e-book?
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Looked so interesting. Just went ahead and got a copy for myself.
From what I have read - Very Interesting.
This would have been my choice as well, except it's not available to me - unless, of course, I go and get it for free...
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I checked on Amazon, and this e-book is not available for customers in Australia.

Is that the price for the e-book?
Yes, from direct ebooks. They seem to sometimes have access to ebooks that are otherwise geo restricted, but this kind of price seems counter-productive to me. I think that offering books at a price nobody will pay is probably worse for business than pruning the catalogue.
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The only place I can find it in the UK has it for £33.54, which is a bit rich for me
Perhaps $32 would be a better price...
http://www.cyberread.com/The-Immorta...ecca/id344114/

So far, I haven't had issues with geo restrictions at cyberread.
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http://www.cyberread.com/The-Immorta...ecca/id344114/

So far, I haven't had issues with geo restrictions at cyberread.
Thanks for that - I will check them out too in future. Still seems a bit pricey, but it's at least in line with the hardback price.

Still not found Quirkology or World Without Us anywhere.
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Thanks for that - I will check them out too in future. Still seems a bit pricey, but it's at least in line with the hardback price.
You can get a 40% off a purchase coupon in return for writing an approved review:
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Could we change On The Origin of Species to reflect the actual name of the book?

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Only if you tell me what the "actual" name is.

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Ummm... On the Origin of Species...

No second "the" and starts with "On."
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