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29 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
10 For Content, 2 for Despicable Pricing,
By Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (6 Volume Set) (Hardcover)
I own the 1974 five-volume set, and I am quite sure that this new six-volume set is priceless in terms of content and organization. A week does not go by but that I refer to both this set, and the Syntopicon volume of the Great Books.
The pricing, however, is despicable. It costs one penny a page to produce a book. This set should be on sale in hard-copy to libraries for $250 and in soft-copy to individuals for $190. This kind of unjustified pricing is killing education and reflection, one reason why I am starting to offer all of my books free online, and encouraging Amazon to bypass publishers entirely. This book could and should be available as a digital file that can be sent to the FedExKinko's nearest the buyer, and produced locally. Publishers are going to get killed by Google, or by Amazon, in part because this kind of pricing is their death song. |
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New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (6 Volume Set) by Maryanne Cline Horowitz (Hardcover - December 3, 2004)
Used & New from: $499.00
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