.. Or you could give the freeloaders the special edition for free which happens to contain random passages from Alice in Wonderland, pointless diagrams, and lengthy rants about your neighbors inexplicably weaved into the original work.
That's a Richard Gregory book allusion who is probably more famously known for being the grandpa (uh, sorta) of the Exploratorium in SFO because aside from writing books about perception (hits on two things, donno about the neighbors comment) he founded an ancestor of the Exploratorium in the UK. I believe he was first, the the SFO site is a very friendly derivative copy of his work, which is humorous in a discussion about piracy.
I know right? Some scum in India liked her books, but can barely afford the original price, much less the mistaken x2 price. Fuck that guy for enjoying her work and trying to better himself by expanding his knowledge of other cultures and opinions. Who does he fucking think he is, trying to read her work without paying $x american dollars to Amazon for the privilege. Fucking freeloaders man. /s
You're right. Authors should price their works according to how sobby the sobbiest sob story is per consumer. At least with my approach they would get the book plus bonus material.