Comment Re:So price is not an issue? (Score 1) 207
Obviously I have no way of knowing, but I suspect they aren't selling any copies at $180, and that that price was chosen just to be a slight discount off the physical version. Even researchers with book budgets are going to think hard before spending that kind of money on a book. If that's the case, then bringing the price out of the stratospheric range might increase profits.
In five years, the book will be 5 more years out of date, and I will have moved on to different research projects, making it far less valuable to me than it would be now. Because of its limited shelf life, in my case no sale now likely means no sale forever.