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November 1, 2007 1:38pm

Any chance we'll get OpenID support?

Book price-fixing: good, bad, or just weird?

October 25, 2007 2:04am

Some years ago, when, thanks to the Interwebs, I discovered that the German publishers took one English original book from my favorite series, split it into four parts and sold each part for a good deal more than the original, I stopped buying German books altogether, and the book industry got a place of honor on my personal sh*t list ahead of the the music industry. Thankfully, English books are not price-fixed and readily available for ordering online. After a bit of a learning phase, non-translated books are much better anyway.

Given how the world usually works, most of the money gained by fixed prices will simply get pocketed by the industry, and much of the rest ends up in artsy shmartsy books that wannabe intellectuals line their shelves with, but never read.

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