[tmtvl]

But you can read the books as often as you want as long as you live and pass them on to your children and your children's children,...

Educational books are an investment in the future, and some (like Euclid's Elements) don't ever lose their relevance.

[vivzkestrel]

it is the equivalent of those books costing 10000$ for you

[tmtvl]

That's admittedly expensive, DuckDuckGo converted it to around 450 USD, so that seemed more reasonable.

[vivzkestrel]

- what i am trying to say is if you take purchasing power parity into account and look at the costs, the books cost a bomb.

- i could buy a laptop at the price of the books being sold here. it is just tooo much.

- the author needs to take PPP into account and price accordingly similar to how steam does it

- i could get a really good meal for 500 rs at a good restaurant here

- the cost of the book is close to 80 such meals

- if we price it in your currency assuming 100$ for a really decent meal, the author is charging 8000$ for the books