On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Frank <frank@progressivevp.com> wrote:
> My guess is whomever was selling it had what's know as the Semmelweis Reflex. People with a lot of erroneous fantasy development about gambling really hate it when you show them reality. They feel you're killing Santa Clause.
the company listing your book at $178 sold over 5000 books on amazon
in the last year. i doubt they've even glanced at it, let alone read
it and become offended at your views on gambling.
amazon marketplace sellers rely on competitive price listings to
decide how to price their items. your book has no competitive price
listings, because you don't distribute it anywhere that they can find
it. so, they pick a big number out of the air and see if anyone bites,
and gradually lower it over time when no one does. it's effectively a
reverse auction. it doesn't harm anyone.
you'll see the same pattern of fluke huge sale prices on amazon with
many obscure titles with only one or two sellers.
cheers,
five
