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Who buys these oooks?
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>>23815903
People who enjoy the content? Who buys anything?
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>>23815903
people who can expense it to the company they work for
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Universities buy a copy for their library
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>>23815903
University libraries.
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Man I would like to know them. Anyone who is buying this book is probably interesting as fuck
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>>23815903
It's for Universities and Companies that have a budget for such things. Not for individuals
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>>23815903
They are that expensive precisely because there is almost zero interest in such titles. Normally you'd ask for 80 bucks but when your audience is just a handful of libraries and universities then you gotta make 10x on every sale. The cost of publishing is always static so you have to recoup the expenses somehow.
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>>23815903
I pirate them
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>>23815903
Orangutangs?
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Schools don’t have eyes so they can’t read
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>>23815903
The university system and its products work via similar mechanisms as pharmaceutical medicine which costs insane amounts because you’re not supposed to buy it personally but loan the rights through third party insurance companies that deal in an economy created by exponential self-creating debt where a million dollars is a drop in an ocean compared to the monopoly money economy you, a human person of flesh, blood, sweat, tears (all leeched) who likely do not live in a house of good stone with usura—
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As interesting as this would appear to be, all of the most relevant details would undoubtedly be unincluded in this book, as it would be closely guarded intellectual property that nobody in their right mind would share.



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