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The most expensive e-book

14 points by potomak 13y ago

hdragomir 13y ago
Best seller rank: #1,268,721 How many books are there in total?
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jmnicolas 13y ago
The book is available in hardcover only so it's not the most expensive e-book ... Bit I guess when you're serious about nuclear energy, 7500$ is probably relatively cheap ;-)
- blueblob 13y ago
  It also says 3 volumes, so it is 3 books.
- duiker101 13y ago
  I think it's available in hardcover only if you are outside the US.
uptown 13y ago
The real gold is always in the reviews section of an item like this.
- Gys 13y ago
  Hilarious !!!
saaaaaam 13y ago
I don't know if the price is hidden to me because I'm in the UK, but that one is apparently only available in hardback. This one, however... http://www.amazon.com/International-Encyclopedia-Social-Behavioral-Sciences-ebook/dp/B00D8GA5G2/ http://www.amazon.com/International-Encyclopedia-Social-Beha... $16,315.96 on Kindle.
- larrydag 13y ago
  On my Amazon site it was $16,870. Hmmm. Should I buy a car or this ebook?
- croisillon 13y ago
  I see Nuclear Energy at $7,400.50 that's $12 per page. The Encyclopedia on the other hand is at $11,382.09 but with 17500 pages costs a little over $1.5 per page.
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samolang 13y ago
And it has been consistently expensive. http://camelcamelcamel.com/Nuclear-Energy-Landolt-B%C3%B6rnstein-Relationships-Technologies/product/3540428917 http://camelcamelcamel.com/Nuclear-Energy-Landolt-B%C3%B6rns...
hnha 13y ago
not sure if the link is affiliate spam, in any case here is a stripped down sanitised one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001C2TPWO/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001C2TPWO/
- freehunter 13y ago
  I think the chances of someone buying this book from the link provided is slim to none, so affiliate link or not doesn't really matter. --learned something new about Amazon affiliate links. Thanks for the corrections guys!
  - Saus 13y ago
    Isn't the affiliate cookie a XX-day cookie? Place it now, and if I buy a completely unrelated book, you'll still get the commission? Because then it is valuable to place those links here.
  - IceyEC 13y ago
    The affiliate link will follow you and credit other purchasers to the affiliate
brazzy 13y ago
It's not an e-book, and among paper books it's not even close: a bidding war between two pricing algorithms famously led to a $23 MILLION price tag: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384102,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384102,00.asp I wouldn't be surprised if something similar has happened in this case as well, and there may have been more extreme cases before.
simonsquiff 13y ago
I don't know if this is the case for this book, but really interesting article about how some items on Amazon can get outrageous prices http://www.dansdata.com/gz146.htm http://www.dansdata.com/gz146.htm
vezzy-fnord 13y ago
So, ignoring the satirical reviews, is this actually a good book?
okso 13y ago
Best Customer Reviews I have ever seen for a book.
josteink 13y ago
The e-book (kindle-edition) is not available where I live, but I see I can acquire a hardcopy for just $7,400.50. That's literally a steal! Actually, double so!
keltex 13y ago
The interesting thing with Kindle books (self-publishing) is if you price the book between $2.99 and $9.99, your commission is 70%. But if you price it over or under that range, it's only 35%. So a $7400 book would be $4810 for Amazon and only $2590 for the author.
captainmuon 13y ago
That book is a famous reference book, it's not supposed to be bought by individuals, but by university libraries. The price is so high because a more reasonable price would be a "drop in the ocean" for a typical library, and they might as well give it away for free then. So they choose a price as high as the libraries can pay. It reminds me a bit of the pricing of scientific journals. They are basically just magazines, but horrendously expensive because they are marketed towards libraries. The difference to this is that you can buy individual articles. To keep the libraries buying, they also put a ridiculous price on the articles, like $45 a piece. People are not supposed to buy them individually either, its just to keep the price up (and the articles formally available).

14 points by potomak 13y ago

hdragomir 13y ago

Best seller rank: #1,268,721 How many books are there in total?

deleted 13y ago
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jmnicolas 13y ago

The book is available in hardcover only so it's not the most expensive e-book ... Bit I guess when you're serious about nuclear energy, 7500$ is probably relatively cheap ;-)

blueblob 13y ago
It also says 3 volumes, so it is 3 books.
duiker101 13y ago
I think it's available in hardcover only if you are outside the US.

uptown 13y ago

The real gold is always in the reviews section of an item like this.

Gys 13y ago
Hilarious !!!

saaaaaam 13y ago

I don't know if the price is hidden to me because I'm in the UK, but that one is apparently only available in hardback. This one, however... http://www.amazon.com/International-Encyclopedia-Social-Behavioral-Sciences-ebook/dp/B00D8GA5G2/ http://www.amazon.com/International-Encyclopedia-Social-Beha... $16,315.96 on Kindle.

larrydag 13y ago
On my Amazon site it was $16,870. Hmmm. Should I buy a car or this ebook?
croisillon 13y ago
I see Nuclear Energy at $7,400.50 that's $12 per page. The Encyclopedia on the other hand is at $11,382.09 but with 17500 pages costs a little over $1.5 per page.
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samolang 13y ago

And it has been consistently expensive. http://camelcamelcamel.com/Nuclear-Energy-Landolt-B%C3%B6rnstein-Relationships-Technologies/product/3540428917 http://camelcamelcamel.com/Nuclear-Energy-Landolt-B%C3%B6rns...

hnha 13y ago

not sure if the link is affiliate spam, in any case here is a stripped down sanitised one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001C2TPWO/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001C2TPWO/

freehunter 13y ago
I think the chances of someone buying this book from the link provided is slim to none, so affiliate link or not doesn't really matter. --learned something new about Amazon affiliate links. Thanks for the corrections guys!
- Saus 13y ago
  Isn't the affiliate cookie a XX-day cookie? Place it now, and if I buy a completely unrelated book, you'll still get the commission? Because then it is valuable to place those links here.
- IceyEC 13y ago
  The affiliate link will follow you and credit other purchasers to the affiliate

brazzy 13y ago

It's not an e-book, and among paper books it's not even close: a bidding war between two pricing algorithms famously led to a $23 MILLION price tag: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384102,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384102,00.asp I wouldn't be surprised if something similar has happened in this case as well, and there may have been more extreme cases before.

simonsquiff 13y ago

I don't know if this is the case for this book, but really interesting article about how some items on Amazon can get outrageous prices http://www.dansdata.com/gz146.htm http://www.dansdata.com/gz146.htm

vezzy-fnord 13y ago

So, ignoring the satirical reviews, is this actually a good book?

okso 13y ago

Best Customer Reviews I have ever seen for a book.

josteink 13y ago

The e-book (kindle-edition) is not available where I live, but I see I can acquire a hardcopy for just $7,400.50. That's literally a steal! Actually, double so!

keltex 13y ago

The interesting thing with Kindle books (self-publishing) is if you price the book between $2.99 and $9.99, your commission is 70%. But if you price it over or under that range, it's only 35%. So a $7400 book would be $4810 for Amazon and only $2590 for the author.

captainmuon 13y ago

That book is a famous reference book, it's not supposed to be bought by individuals, but by university libraries. The price is so high because a more reasonable price would be a "drop in the ocean" for a typical library, and they might as well give it away for free then. So they choose a price as high as the libraries can pay. It reminds me a bit of the pricing of scientific journals. They are basically just magazines, but horrendously expensive because they are marketed towards libraries. The difference to this is that you can buy individual articles. To keep the libraries buying, they also put a ridiculous price on the articles, like $45 a piece. People are not supposed to buy them individually either, its just to keep the price up (and the articles formally available).