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crich70 · 10-16-2010, 01:48 AM

Well I bought a used copy of "The circus of Dr. Lao" yesterday. It was originally copyrighted in 1935 (I don't know what price it was back then). My copy was copyrighted for 1983 (through Vintage) and sold for $3.95 (I paid 4.00 plus tax). Today on Amazon the same book runs $12.78 for a new copy. It was marked down from $14.95 so there is quite a rise in price. The book has 119 pages of story (with catalogue of characters etc). So it's a short book.
My copy of Dune also cost $3.95 in the early 80's. A 40th Ani. edition costs $11.56 but was marked down from $17.00 so paperback books have certainly risen in price.

10-16-2010, 01:48 AM	#7
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	Well I bought a used copy of "The circus of Dr. Lao" yesterday. It was originally copyrighted in 1935 (I don't know what price it was back then). My copy was copyrighted for 1983 (through Vintage) and sold for $3.95 (I paid 4.00 plus tax). Today on Amazon the same book runs $12.78 for a new copy. It was marked down from $14.95 so there is quite a rise in price. The book has 119 pages of story (with catalogue of characters etc). So it's a short book. My copy of Dune also cost $3.95 in the early 80's. A 40th Ani. edition costs $11.56 but was marked down from $17.00 so paperback books have certainly risen in price.