Actually, it's an interesting pricing model... "Perpetual access" to the 
book is available for $745. If you're planning to be researching the 
digital divide for another 15 years that's an expensive $50 a year. But 
for young people with 40 years of fighting the digital divide ahead of 
them it's a bargain at less than $20 a year.

What's not clear to me is why buying the hard cover edition doesn't 
grant "perpetual access". Disappearing ink?

bg

On 17/09/2009 16:56, Andrew Calabrese wrote:
> Wow. That price makes the book a laughing stock!
>
>
> On Sep 17, 2009, at 1:35 PM, Robin Cheesman wrote:
>
>> Honestly, I find it somewhat contradictory to believe that a book 
>> priced between $500 and $1000 can contribute much to overcoming 
>> digital divides. In any case, the perspective will hardly be from 
>> below ...
>>
>> El 17-09-2009 21:29, Martha Wallner escribió:
>>> FYI - http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id=34612
>>> Description:
>>> Recently, rapid developments in the digital divide have attracted 
>>> the attention of both the academic and political worlds due to the 
>>> reduction of information gaps.
>>> The *Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: 
>>> Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society* 
>>> presents a comprehensive, integrative, and global view of what has 
>>> been called the digital divide. Collecting an international 
>>> collaboration of experts, this Handbook of Research offers policy 
>>> makers, academicians, managers, and researchers a complete reference 
>>> source to the interactions, evolutions, and policies developing 
>>> within the field.
>

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