Are nerds & geeks getting riped off when it comes to books?

[Aquaman]

Are nerds & geeks getting riped off when it comes to books? :Q

My sister bought a romance novel for $4.99 cdn cover pricec while a sci-fi book which I just bought and was half as thick ........cost me $9.99 cdn Both published in the same year (2001)

I think use fantasy/sci-fi readers are getting the shaft

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[UncleWai]

They win when it comes to music

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: UncleWai
They win when it comes to music

:beer:

 

[Ryan]

I know I'm getting ripped off at school!!! $150 bucks for a stupid math book, screw that you greedy ass bastards!!!!! :|

 

[dighn]

college/university students are the most ripped off when it comes to books

 

[Flyermax2k3]

Originally posted by: dighn
college/university students are the most ripped off when it comes to books

I'll second that. There's no reason for that b.s. either. My school rips us off every chance they get...

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
I know I'm getting ripped off at school!!! $150 bucks for a stupid math book, screw that you greedy ass bastards!!!!! :|

get gray market books. a lot of times the exact same book is sold overseas, even in western europe, for a lot cheaper than in the US or canada. amazon.co.uk probably has it and ships internationally.

 

[AnyMal]

Why only nerds? College kids get raped every semester.

 

[hjo3]

It's probably just the publisher. Besides, romance books are like the cheapest fiction out there... my grandmas buy them by the dozen.

If you don't like the prices, try Amazon's used books... I've gotten a lot of books for less than a dollar.

 

[Aquaman]

Some school books can justify a high price........... like a course that only has very limited numbers of students.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Romance novels are crap.. That's why they are cheap.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Aquaman
Are nerds & geeks getting riped off when it comes to books? :Q

My sister bought a romance novel for $4.99 cdn cover pricec while a sci-fi book which I just bought and was half as thick ........cost me $9.99 cdn Both published in the same year (2001)

I think use fantasy/sci-fi readers are getting the shaft

Cheers,
Aquaman

have you checked the price of comic books lately? i used to get all the spidermen, xmen and a bunch of others every week. Then the cost went up in price to like $3 a book. my wife (fiance at the time) pointed out iwas spending like $200 a month on them. but thats not why i stopped buying..it was that crappy clone saga pfft.

 

[Swag1138]

Comics are better now, but still, at 2.25 a book, not the cheapest things on earth. Thats why I wait for trade paperbacks.

but yeah, geeks get ripped off. Have you looked at any non-fiction geek books? Insane prices.

 

[Aquaman]

But the quality of the comic books now as compared to the 70' & 80' is a lot better.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[matt426malm]

Originally posted by: Flyermax2k3

Originally posted by: dighn
college/university students are the most ripped off when it comes to books

I'll second that. There's no reason for that b.s. either. My school rips us off every chance they get...

37 bucks for this collection of bout 40 pages of selections from books and articles they xeroxed off, man that ticked me off.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Aquaman
But the quality of the comic books now as compared to the 70' & 80' is a lot better.

Cheers,
Aquaman

true the artwork is way better.

But comeon did you read the spiderman clone saga? or onlsaught sega? pfft

 

[Aquaman]

I am also going to get the trade paperbacks........ much cheaper

Cheers,
Aquaman