It's a shame that the price is so onerously high. I find that this is a common trend among technical books: they are often made inaccessible by their prices. Ev

It's a shame that the price is so onerously high. I find that this is a common trend among technical books: they are often made inaccessible by their prices. Even if a small subset of the market is willing to shell out, such high prices probably alienate those that would most benefit from these books: novice programmers. The fact that writers can and will sell to a niche audience willing to part with a lot of money ultimately leads to a field sparsely populated with accessible topic literature...