Comment by wewewedxfgdf
1 day ago
It is so strange that books like this cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars to buy.
You might think the publisher would ........ publish some to sell.
1 day ago
It is so strange that books like this cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars to buy.
You might think the publisher would ........ publish some to sell.
There might not be that much demand. My understanding is that a good printing of a book will only make money back in pretty large amounts; if there's only a thousand weirdos in the world who want to buy it (and I'm one of those thousand), it'll only barely break even, if that.
Actually, I'm wrong, there is a newly published version that costs under a hundred bucks.
The first edition is expensive. The current edition is ~$90 for a full color hardcover (expensive but not ruinius if you really want it)
And honestly pretty great, unless you are a collector. It's well done.
The book itself is beautiful and haunting. But I don't think it's for everyone... I have a copy, and I gifted one to someone in my family who really didn't understand the point.
I think this is sort of just what publishing looks like for super niche books. Academic books are a rip off for other reasons too, but they also have the issue that only a very small number of copies are expected to sell, smaller runs means comparatively bigger overheads, means more expensive books.
Just wait until you see an original print of the nice and accurate prophesies of Agnes nutter or the bugger all bible …