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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andor" data-source="post: 3844313" data-attributes="member: 1879">That's just silly. Just to read what? Is it an art book? A bunch of insight to the design process? The worlds most expensive pamphlet?I buy magazines. I pay $20 for a years subscription (actually 3 years for my favorite magazine.) If anyone tried to sell me an idividual issue of a magazine for $20 I'd laugh in their face. (And checking the page count of the 2 closest magazines to where I sit they come in at 112 and 126 pages.)I buy novels. They are well written (usually) and contain interesting plots/worlds/characters/viewpoints. This product might possibly contain an interesting viewpoint, but otherwise it has none of the entertainment value of a novel. And checking the page count of the last novel I bought I find it comes in at 377 pages. Paperbacks cost about $6-$8 these days. Only hardcovers break $20.I don't often buy art books so I can't address how the previews might compare to those.I buy reference books. These contain information that I wish to learn, and provide entertainment. The last one I bought comes in at 526 pages and cost £9. So better than 5 times the pages for about the same money.I submit to you it's valid for me to ask how this book could possibly be worth $20 of my money, when it seems so overpriced compared to magazines, novels, or reference books. And asking that question does not imply I am illiterate.</blockquote>