Right. Springer’s price gouging is well known to be based on a business model that depends on insanely high prices for institutional subscriptions to scientific journals that are primarily, or in many cases exclusively, distributed electronically. Springer thrives in a post-paper world. 
Matthew 

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main non, mes amis:

eBook €459.03
Hardcover book €599.49

So there is no paper involved for €460, and heaven forbid if you want it in paper.

By the way, the extremely odd pricing suggests either that this is converted from another currency or that the pricing is calculated by some machine with zero human input; a price with 3 cents is not proposed by a human.

Jonathan

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Dear Richard,

The book we’ve been discussing is over 450 euros. I don’t believe that Springer’s extravagant pricing is a function of rising costs of paper. 

best,
Matthew 

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Matthew &c.,

It'll be curious to see the effect of the past two or three years
on prices. (The cost of paper has certainly increased.) Some
sort of comparison should be possible once figures find their
way through to the ALA:

Prices of U.S. and Foreign Published Materials


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Thanks, Jay,

I have the good fortune to use a library that has e-access and I can vouch for the considerable interest of the volume. For readers who may not have such connections, however, it is unfortunate that it is prohibitively expensive. May we hope to see a “cheap” edition some day?

best regards,
Matthew Kapstein 

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Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the editors Sarukkai and Chakraborty, it is my pleasure to bring to your kind attention this new Springer reference work publication:

Handbook of Logical Thought in India

Please find all the publication details here:

https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-81-322-2577-5

With thanks and best wishes,

Jay


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