Expensive eBooks: Would You Pay 238 Dollars?

eBookNewser:

In light the earthquakes in Japan today, I wanted to read up on the 1994 Northridge Earthquake — a 6.7 magnitude earthquake in Los Angeles that I experienced and remember being particularly intense.

Googling around, I found a book called The Northridge Earthquake by Robert Bolin from Powell’s Books. The book’s description sounded good:

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Comments

[Dave Bee]

11:02 PM on 03/16/2011

No, Id enjoy the venture of trying to find a real copy at a decent price, and it may take months, even longer, but the joy of completing something that took time and patience like that is completely worth it, i promise you.

[missouriwatcher]

10:57 AM on 03/15/2011

I might pay that much for a leather-bound edition with excellent, acid-free paper pages; not likely to pay that amount for an ebook--especially given that a lot of ebooks only allow for limited readings (in which case, one is really just renting the book, not buying it).

[InfinteShibumi]

12:00 AM on 03/15/2011

Probably an out-of-print college textbook.

[shthar]

05:44 PM on 03/14/2011

I might pay that much for a book, but not for a bunch of ones and zeros.