Amazon has become completely shameless. It now charges from $10 and upwards (up to $100 or more, in some cases) for renting a digital copy of a book. Not selling, mind you. Renting. A digital copy. For ten to a hundred bucks.
This was supposed to be done for expensive textbooks but now this option has spread to regular books, too.
Have you ever heard of anything more ridiculous?
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Have you ever heard of anything more ridiculous?(Clarissa)
Yes, the people who actually pay it. 😉
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Right? Is this insane or what?
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Charging such exorbitant fees for e-books seems like a good way to drive everyone back to paper.
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Are there really textbooks that cost more than $100? I am not talking about the the first edition limited to 1000 printed books of which 900 have already withered away and the rest is now sold to collectors. I mean fresh-out-of-the-press books?
That would be crass. I have needed some horrendously overpriced books for classes before, but a $100 would be a new record.
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$100 is a cheap textbook. Many are over $300. 😦 😦
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