Detailed Video of The "C" Section by Thomas Pynchon

[matthew cissell]

Might be enticing to some, but when you get to that "Acid free paper", it
just seems wrong for a Pynchon book.

Maybe "Free acid paper"? I could see that for 350.

otis

On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 12:14 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> So many interesting angles on this.
> Why only 15 copies at $350 a pop?
> The economic aura generated by false scarcity, I assume, but maybe
> there really is that much labour going into the production of each
> copy.
> Or the printer is playing up.
> These works are available for free elsewhere on the internet. Is it
> absolutely wrong that someone is selling them? How is buying one of
> these different from pirating via torrents etc?
> Because money goes to Mssr Boese?
> Torrent sites direct your data to advertisers and thus someone gets
> paid for your download.
> Mr Pynchon is probably loaded.
> 15 artworks bootlegging his early stuff won't send him to skid row.
> His work is full of pirates, bootleggers, scam artists and ne'er-do-wells.
> But Pynchon isn't Abbie Hoffman.
> And $350?
> I'll proof your copy for half that.
> True Stroie.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 9:48 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If Ms Melanie Jackson has not authorized this edition and she and Thomas
> are
> > receiving no royalties then this is intellectual property theft and worse
> > than disgraceful, illegal and immoral.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Mar 1, 2016, at 3:15 AM, Andrew Boese <andrew at opticsbinding.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > The Video:
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI3mgvyZV-Y&feature=youtu.be
> >
> >
> > There are only 3 of these left! The price is $350/per book with free
> > shipping anywhere in the US. If interested please send an email to
> > andrew at opticsbinding.com and I'll send you over a PayPal invoice. These
> are
> > on a first come, first served basis. For more information check out the
> > following links...
> >
> > About the book:
> >
> http://www.opticsbinding.com/#!Introducing-The-Optics-Press-Vol-2/c1p25/565384530cf28214ef5c1fba
> >
> > About the binding:
> >
> http://www.opticsbinding.com/#!Thomas-Pynchons-The-C-Section-now-available-for-preorder/c1p25/56c26fe40cf2100f6473f632
> -
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