The internet archive has a copy of the epub, but I have no idea if it’s a legal copy or piracy:

https://archive.org/details/the-biology-of-cancer-3rd-editio...

The method of printing is not the major cost differential in a book. Hardbound or softbound, the production costs don’t differ all that much. That is why ebooks are not substantially cheaper than a printed book.

When kids have to buy a textbook for school the price goes way up

Stretched dodo hide, tanned and prepared by blind monks.

Cheaper material than this

https://www.amazon.ca/Hyperart-Thomasson-Akasegawa-Genpei/dp...

Same as Necronomicon, surely.

the hopes and dreams of the publisher, author probably sees a very small %

paperback $127.30 here: https://www.amazon.com/Biology-Cancer-Robert-Weinberg-dp-039...

ebook $100.64 here: https://www.vitalsource.com/products/the-biology-of-cancer-r...

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