Amazon Pricing and a Book Bleg

I'd like to get my hands on a copy of Maria Reicher, ed., States of Affairs (Ontos Verlag, 2009).  I didn't find it in the ASU catalog and so I headed over to Amazon.com where I found a used copy for the entirely reasonable price of $9,999.99 plus $3.99 shipping and handling.  I kid you not.  You might think they'd throw in free S & H on orders over $5,000.00.

Maybe it is like this.  The whole world is Amazon's oyster, and in that wide world there are quite a few ontology freaks, your humble correspondent one of them, and probably a couple crazy enough to fork over $10 K for this collection of essays.  So why not ask a ridiculous price?  You just might get it. 

Does anyone in Ontology Land have a copy of this collection that he or she is willing to part with?

I will put it to good use. I have been invited to contribute an essay to a volume commemorating the late David M. Armstrong.  My essay is tentatively entitled "Facts: Realism, Anti-Realism, Semi-Realism." So I need to be en rapport with all the latest literature.

Update (9/3).  My explanation three paragraphs supra  is mistaken.  See Mark B.'s comment for a much better one.

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Comments

[Alfred Centauri]

To be fair, it is Marvel Books that is offering and pricing that book, not Amazon. It's probably worth contacting the 3rd party seller and making an offer.

This German ebay offering may be helpful:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Reicher-Maria-Elisabeth-States-of-Affairs-bei-averdo-/351151390408

[BV]

Good point, Alfred. Thanks.

[Nigel PJ]

There is a print-on-demand copy, also available from Germany via ABE.
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?an=maria+reicher&bi=0&bx=off&ds=20&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&sts=t&tn=states+of+affairs

[PedroS]

The book is available at DeGruyter publisher (who have bought/merged with/whatever Ontos Verlag recently) at 85 euro (119 USD). The link is

http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/209137?rskey=OlnNhx&result=6

[MarkB]

The excessive price of States of Affairs is explained here:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110425/03522114026/infinite-loop-algorithmic-pricing-amazon-how-book-flies-cost-2369865593.shtml

It may be worth contacting the retailer.

[rgrekejin]

http://www.bookbyte.com/textbooks/states-of-affairs-philosopjische-analyse--philosophical/9783868380408-386838040x

New for $115.95. One copy left. I'm half-tempted to buy it myself and mark it up a few thousand bucks on Amazon.

[Nathan Pierce]

If you are looking for buying options for rare and hard to find books I recommend bookfinder.com. It is a meta-search engine that searches thousands of sellers and is able to access millions of books. A search on "Reicher" and "States of Affairs" returns 18 results, most of which are priced between $115 and $259.

[BV]

Thank you, gentlemen.

The TechDirt article linked above by Mark B. explains Amazon's infinite loop algorithm that causes the absurd pricing.