I remember this story entertaining story from 2011 (or maybe it was is a more recent version of the same events, it’s hard for me to believe I remember anything from 2011):
(CNN) -- Lots of normal people would pay $23 for a book.
But $23.7 million (plus $3.99 shipping) for a scientific book about flies!?
This unthinkable sticker price for "The Making of a Fly" on Amazon.com was spotted on April 18 by Michael Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and blogger.
The market-blind book listing was not the result of uncontrollable demand for Peter Lawrence's "classic work in developmental biology," Eisen writes.
Instead, it appears it was sparked by a robot price war.
Well, take a look at the listing of The Fluid and Electrolyte Companion at Amazon.com today:
Come and step right up and purchase your very own copy of the Fluid and Electrolyte Companion! A bargain at $1,227.31. Don’t cheap out and but a used copy at only $834.75, go all the way and get a new one. Don’t delay there is only one left!
Or you could just download the PDF for free. Your choice.
This means we’re going to need to do another printing. Doesn’t it?