I'm absolutely enjoying these exchanges, we should send them to the authors & publisher. At least their book is good for prompting humorous creativity. PS: And I though our humble "Anthology" (1,414 pages, 75 US$ in Spanish, and 1,060 pages, 120 US$ in English) was expensive... A. ------------------------------------------------- Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron http://gumucio.blogspot.com/ 2009/9/18 Jack Byrne <[log in to unmask]> > Perhaps it's not religious or political, but evolutionary. Survival of the > priciest publications. By crowding out free or reasonably priced information > on digital issues, these overblown variants can make it to the credulous > libraries and academia. The best response is to ignore this publication > as it's content is certainly not worth the inflated price, we should > continue to make such relevant material freely available. Let's have more > info-diversity on such matters. > Jack > > On 18 Sep 2009, at 05:57, Andrew Calabrese wrote: > > I think I understand this now. This is a religious revival. "Perpetual > access" carries over into the afterlife. Is there a parallel here to selling > papal "indulgences"? We must pray to Our Lady of Perpetual Access for the > answer! > > Andrew > > On Sep 17, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Bruce Girard wrote: > > 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! > > > >