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Because Selfish is a high-end art book published by Rizzoli, it is a premium product. The physical book was designed with specific paper quality and binding to evoke a sense of luxury. A digital PDF version was never officially released for mass distribution in the way a standard ebook or novel would be. Critics pointed to the irony of a wealthy