[pdevr]

I had the 2012 print edition. One of the best books available - the best book that I knew - about GC at that time.

Anti-pattern: Regarding the 2023 e-book edition, I do not see a way to buy it from the site, or even a link to buy.

[Jtsummers]

I thought I was missing something but figured they just didn't have a link to purchase it. I ended up going to the publisher's site to track it down:

https://www.routledge.com/The-Garbage-Collection-Handbook-Th...

[LandR]

How on earth is the ebook more expensive than the physical copy!

[LtdJorge]

And it's not an actual ebook. You have to create an account on the "ebook" provider's site and read it through their website or app.

[pmarreck]

I hate when they do this. I'd rather just buy the physical book, donate it to a library and then obtain the liberated version of the ebook "elsewhere".

[metalliqaz]

Worthless.

[rkagerer]

Yuck. I'd never buy that, no matter how much I wanted to read the content.

[PaulRobinson]

The physical copy will only get used by one reader (at a time). The ebook is going to be, err, "liberated" more often than not around a dorm?

In all seriousness, this is likely a nudge to a preference they have for how they want to sell this and how you should want to buy it.

[LtdJorge]

They advertise the ebook as having interactive features and more compared to the print version. Shouldn't it be the preferred one?

[toolslive]

I have the 2012 print edition too and fully concur with the assessment. The best book about garbage collection at the time (and maybe still?)