...and for many reasons. One of my favorite things about Amazon is their 'search inside' feature, which lets you look inside many of the books they sell. For some books, this is just to see the table of contents or a few sample pages. But some books let you search the entire book for a word or phrase; this must mean that the entire book is part of Amazon's database. I've used this feature to do research in books that my university's library doesn't have, and just this week compiled a bibliography for a selection in the anthology I'm currently finishing by using this feature rather than going to the library.
So imagine my surprise and delight when I discovered today that you can now 'search inside' my Free Will: Sourcehood and Its Alternatives. They must have a completed copy of the book, which means I should be getting my early copies soon. Using the 'search inside' feature, you could read a few sample pages. Or if you wanted, you could find out that I first mention 'moral praise' on page six or that Allison is mentioned on 20 different pages, usually as an example. (She kills Riley on the first page of text.)
Jameson isn't mentioned in this book at all, since we didn't know he was a he, and thus hadn't yet named him, when the manuscript was finished. But the book I'm wrapping up this week is dedicated to him.
Uh, if the book is really going to be $130, reading it on Amazon may be my only option!
It looks great! I look forward to reading the book (though like Keith I fear I'll either be reading it on Amazon or pluck it from the Florida State library).
Yeah, the price is a HUGE bummer. It may come out in paperback, which would be much better--but I don't know if it will our not yet.
I'd encourage you to have your respective libraries order a copy (and not just for the sake of my royalties!). I've found that most academic libraries are quite likely to order books that faculty and students suggest.