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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 1150095" data-attributes="member: 2013">As has already been pointed out, what you really wanted was the B5 book based on the fact that you chose to buy that instead of the $25 books.  Your dollars speak louder than words.  End of discussion.  You say you want cheaper books, yet you buy the more expensive books that you like better.  That tells me I should try to create the more expensive books that you like better because you'll buy those - if I create the cheaper books, you won't buy them and I won't see the money anyway.(Nitpick, but for every $50.00 book you buy, there is ONE $25 book you did not buy - theoretically, if the $50 book was $25, you would have bought it anyway, leaving you $25... enough to buy one other book <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ).Here is your real problem with the B5 price.  You simply want prices to be lower.  This is your biggest motivating factor, not "helping keep more companies afloat."  Not that there's anything wrong with that - it's typical consumer behavior - everyone wants things to be cheaper - but if you then betray that desire by paying top dollar anyway, it's a rather weak desire, isn't it?  Do you think Company A cares if you spend $25 on their stuff every month (buying two $25 books per month - one book from Company A and one book from Company B each month) or $50 every other month (buying one $50 book per month - one from Company A on odd-numbered months and one from company B on even months)?  At the end of the day it all evens out for Companies A & B.BTW, as a gamer, I'm *all for* cheap stuff with a high content<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />rice ratio.  That's why I'm heavily invested in PDFs. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Now there I can agree with you whole-heartedly.Basically, I think your argument is (no offense), "I'm a bit of a cheapskate, like every other consumer, and wish prices were lower so I could get more stuff for my money."  This is not bad or wrong or immoral.  Heck, I wish gas prices were back around 85 cents per gallon like they were when I first started driving.  But neither is going to happen, because companies may not be able to stay afloat if they lower prices... and since it may not be possible for prices to be lower, and you've already unconsciously admitted that by paying prevailing prices (just like you do for gasoline), what, really, is the problem here?Again, as a consumer, I wish the prices of a LOT of things were a LOT lower so I could stretch my dollar farther.  But they're not, and my griping isn't going to do anything about it (which is too bad - it would sure be nice if all I had to do was gripe and prices would drop - I could drop everything to free in no time LOL).  Your comments don't come across as angry or ignorant, they just come across as someone who doesn't quite want to consciously admit that reality has defeated idealism. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />  None of us ever likes to admit that.  Some of us have already surrendered our idealism on this single point to reality, though. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />--The Sigil</blockquote>

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