I’m curious about the counterfeit thing. Did he identify that fact somehow and decline to sign it? Was there some sort of authenticity check built into the books?
I can't really say I've gotten my money's worth, but there's still time. I still want to learn more electronics, but I was left wondering "what's next?" at the end of my Physics BA classes and I haven't stumbled onto the answer yet.
You're entitled to your opinions about what a book should cost, but facts are facts, and the author did not write what you said they wrote.
Yes, I combined the author's warning with the book's price.
Inflation of textbook prices is a real problem, finding ways to make them affordable in other countries where people have less to spend is a worthy goal, and you won't aid the cause by falsely attributing words or intentions to people.
Also, the refusal to sign such affordable edition of the book is another *ss move from the author.
Anyone can go look at what the author wrote, and contrast it with the comment that kicked this thread off ("As the author claims on his website, if the price is affordable then it is counterfeit"), and decide whether you've represented the author accurately. I guess if they made it this far into the comment thread without doing that, I'd encourage them to do that.
In addition to being dishonest, your use of logic is pretty bad. That the author indicates a counterfeit of his book might be identified prior to purchase by a price that is "too low to be creditable" is not an admission by the author that he believes his book to be overpriced or unaffordable.
> Also, the refusal to sign such affordable edition of the book is another *ss move from the author.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, your opinion, man.
https://artofelectronics.net/lebowski/
But that "affordable edition" of the book was a counterfeit that didn't earn the author or his publisher any money - the money went to a counterfeiter. Increasing the value of the book by signing it wouldn't be most authors' first impulse.