It Didn't Happen the Way You Think (by Robert Lockwood Mills)

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(12-19-2018 03:35 PM)mikegriffith1 Wrote:  

(12-18-2018 08:35 AM)davg2000 Wrote:  

(12-17-2018 04:39 PM)mikegriffith1 Wrote:  

(12-16-2018 12:11 PM)davg2000 Wrote:  Yes, $794.77 for a used paperback copy of Mills's book, from a third-party seller. No reference to it at all on Barnes and Noble's website. Mills’s book may be “careful, sober, and thorough,” but apparently not enough people have agreed with Mr. Griffith in twenty-four years to sustain the book’s existence in print. And, at that price, I’m afraid I will not be getting this book for Christmas. Tsk.

Yeah, why take the risk of reading something that will challenge your position? No need for that, right? Who needs to read both sides of an issue anyway? Just read what you know agrees with your view, and nothing else. Stay in your safe space, your echo chamber.

By the way, the book sold out its printing. And the reason it is so expensive is precisely because there are so few second-hand copies left, which indicates that when the book hit the used-book market, many copies were bought and not many are left. Used-book sellers usually do not set high prices on used books that are not considered valuable. If they do and there are no takers, the price starts to drop. That hasn't happened with Mills' book yet.

If I were you, Mike, and owned this gem which I paid $50 (!) for, I'd contact several used book sellers and let them know what I had. I see a chance to make money. By the way, I just checked, and I see that Amazon now says that the book is "currently unavailable." I'd get on this. Opportunity here.

I don't need the money. I'd rather have the book. There's still one copy left on abebooks.com--last week there were four copies left. So three copies have been sold in the last six days or so.

I doubt the book will persuade most of the folks here, because that would require being open to persuasion. On the other hand, every customer review of the book on Amazon is favorable.

I will not belabor this except to say that you need some lessons on how to trick the public into thinking something is very scarce and worth a high price on the secondary market. Wait, on second thought, you might already know how to scam folks, based on your assessments of some books and theories.

You also need to know how anyone and everyone can become a reviewer - especially friends of the author...