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.

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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!
>
>
>
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