Reddit reviews Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second: A Critical and Thematic Analysis of over 400 Films about the Vietnam War (Texas Film and Media Studies Series): 1st (First) Edition

Yes, we know from all the Hachette threads exactly how much Reddit drinks the Amazon Kool-Aid. So let's talk about "Amazon" (which in student world is an all-inclusive term that includes actual Amazon and all the sellers on the marketplace).

Amazon as a replacement for the college bookstore.

Here's book with a new retail $168.00 Amazon is offering no discount on this one, their price is the same. In the Marketplace, though, you can get used copies starting at $20. Click down to page 16 (ten per page viewed) and you get over $180, and by the bottom of the page you have people trying to get $500 for it. This is one of the best selling marketing texts in the country, and 160 copies is one good-sized class at a big state university.

Here's one that should be about $35. It's out of print and getting harder to find. 2 sellers below the original $35 price, 2 gouging at $120+.

Books aren't books on Amazon, they're a commodity. You can find some great deals, you can get your ass thoroughly screwed. But if your college bookstore looked at every hard-to-find title as an opportunity to raise prices 4 or 5 times what they should be, you'd actually have something to complain about.