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There was a much lower price point originally, before he got sort of famous from the book, and subsequently a TV-show (Going Deep). The current price is basical
by croon 9y ago
There was a much lower price point originally, before he got sort of famous from the book, and subsequently a TV-show (Going Deep). The current price is basically to keep people from ordering, but still having it open if someone REALLY wants to get one.
- jdironman 9y agoHonestly, what is getting me is that his book on sharpening pencils is actually 224 pages long. That seems awful long on such a simple subject!
- croon 9y agoAnd yet he made a half hour show with episodes such as "how to bounce a ball", "how to dig a hole, "how to open a door", "how to take a nap", etc.
- jdironman 9y agoSounds like he must be a good talker to say the least. Charismatic or at the minimum entertaining.
- croon 9y agoIt's definitely majority charisma and being funny, but a portion of the show is talking to experts in the relevant fields to discuss underlying aspects of each "simple concept" that one doesn't normally contemplate.
- bschwindHN 9y agoIt's mostly satire, but of the best variety. He spoke at my university a few years ago, he definitely knows how to entertain a crowd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KabOfnbS4TQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KabOfnbS4TQ
- daniel-cussen 9y agoCortázar wrote some stories like "how to climb stairs."
- mamon 9y agoOr, my personal favourite: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77377.How_to_Shit_in_the_Woods https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77377.How_to_Shit_in_the...
- InitialLastName 9y agoThat book is surprisingly nuanced, full of good advice like: - The best paired squatting methods, for when there's no good tree available (takes a lot of trust). - Advice to look below you before using a cliff.
- logfromblammo 9y agoI guess the joke is that sharpening pencils is what you do when you have writer's block, so if you really have writer's block, you write a whole book on sharpening pencils?
- astura 9y agoThere's only a few sentences on each page.
- IncRnd 9y agoWait! The price is meant to STOP people from ordering? I naturally assumed after watching the video of his artisanal pencil sharpening techniques that the prices implied exclusivity and a cut above the rest. I ran out to the dollar store lickety-split, purchased five dozen pencils, and put in orders for all 60 of them. Sure, it was a cool 30k, but you need your pencils sharpened properly for your entire family, maids, and baby-sitters. He really should update his order cart for people who want to get a dozen or more sharpened at a time. I would have ordered a full gross, but I had to run off and purchase a book for my second cousin's youngest son's friend who has a book report due. https://www.amazon.com/Trends-European-Television-Communication/dp/9287163030/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513607511&sr=1-11&keywords=television https://www.amazon.com/Trends-European-Television-Communicat...
- fjsolwmv 9y agoI assume the price is set by the same logic as any other price: enough to make it worth his while to close the deal.