The last time we published the post about the ebook Merchants of Deception, one of our readers helped answer the question:
I have some information as to why Scheibeler's book is so expensive.
Amway did everything in its power, legally, to stop the publication (and later
on, the distribution) of the book. When those efforts failed, Amway did the
next best thing: it attempted to buy up every available print copy of
Scheibeler's book and destroy them. Amway succeeded in making it very difficult
for people to find a hard copy. Scores of copies were trashed by Amway freaks.
Naturally, the law of supply and demand kicked in. People who were curious to
read the book checked the on-line bookstores and found very few copies
available, and the price of every copy was high because the text was rare. Many
people like me HATE reading long texts on-line, and prefer a hard copy.
The other thing is this: people who buy books at Alibris or Amazon are paying
not just for the book itself, but for the sheer convenience of getting it
without any trouble. It's much easier than searching in book stores. If you
combine these two things (the comparative rarity of Scheibeler's book in hard
copy, and the price you pay for convenience), it means that a hard copy of
Merchants of Deception will inevitably be expensive.
There's a certain book that I have been wanting for over ten years now. It was
withdrawn from the bookstores soon after publication because the author changed
his mind about revealing some private information in it. He went around buying
up every copy he could find, and destroying them.
A few copies managed to escape, either because they were bought before he
changed his mind, or because he didn't get to some bookstores to buy them.
The last time I saw a copy at Alibris was three years ago. The asking price was
$5000.
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