I asked Prentice-Hall about this, and just got a reply: They have no 
idea.  They charge the same price to all of these retailers.  Should 
we take it as a positive sign that Powells and Amazon thinks the book 
will be popular enough that they can raise the price so much?

Mark

>I checked the price of Mark Guzdial's Squeak book at several online
>bookstores.  Here is what I found:
>
>Borders.com	$33.95
>Barnes&Noble	$27.00
>Amazon.com	$45.00
>Powells.com	$45.00
>
>I have no explanation for the considerable variance in price.
>
>-Duane

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