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.JackOn 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!AndrewOn 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?bgOn 17/09/2009 16:56, Andrew Calabrese wrote:Wow. That price makes the book a laughing stock!