Why is Mere Christianity only available as a $400 package deal?

C.S. Lewis's spiritual classic Mere Christianity is listed in Logos with a $12.99 price, but when you go to the product page, it says "This product is only available for purchase in one of the collections below", with the only option being the $400 ($380 for subscribers) C.S. Lewis Collection that basically covers all of his works except Narnia. Mere Christianity is at least available as an audiobook, but as for the text… to take a book so useful to seekers and apologists and hide it away in a package only Lewis scholars are likely to buy does the work a disservice. Why is it being marketed this way?

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MJ. Smith

As I recall, Logos had trouble getting the rights from the heirs and could only get rights for the collection not individual books. It should be somewhere in the forums as part of the long history of requests for Lewis

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DMB

Normally you won't get an official answer … but sometimes.

Given the audio and a collection only, almost guaranteed, publisher rights.

Kenute P. Curry

I really wish they could really break this collection up.

MJ. Smith

DMB

Yep .. it was a really tangled up mess (family and copyright holders).

NichtnurBibelleser

Vote for individual books of C.S. Lewis here.

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