Why not just go to a better online seller? One of the books mentioned:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-problems-of-philosophy-warb...

> ... California doubled the annual assistance it gives to film and TV productions to $750 million to stop them from fleeing the state.

750M/38.9M = $19.28 per resident

Why can't we call a taxpayer subsidy by its right name?

Typos like an/as, of/or, an/and waste the reader's time. That some care be taken to avoid them is no more than common courtesy.

I knew a USAF flight instructor who trained foreign "guest" students: Said washing out the trainee was not an option, not even after mistakes like shutting down an engine in flight.