The Internet makes publication of information easier but also exposes authors and corporations to full public glare for small but potentially embarrassing errors. I received a link to read an excerpt of John Grisham's latest book, the Litigators and noticed a very odd thing. Looking at the price stated for the Hard Cover version of the book on the website by Random House here today led me to wonder whether a novel would really be on sale for US 250 per copy, when the paper back is less than US$ 10 and the large print at US$ 29. I had to compare prices and looked up the cost on the Amazon website and confirmed my bet that there is an error on the Random House site. Now, if the webmaster for Random House would just make the correction. This is creating the impression that the the publisher's pricing mechanism is poorly informed as Amazon's price at US$ 15.22 is several times cheaper.
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