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Originally Posted by Xanthe
One shouldn't knock reading comics. That's how I developed my love of reading. 
They were very inexpensive at that point in time, so I could always wheedle some money from my parents to buy them. I would re-read them over and over again, and used to have stacks of them (and of MAD magazine). My Dad actually started my interest in them when he started buying me Classics Illustrated comics before I was able to read.  |
Everything has gone up in price now days. I remember when I was a kid you could get a comic 3 pack for either 75 cents or $1.25 (or so I recall) and they were thick comics too. Now you can't even get a slim comic for that amount. Course pbooks are more expensive than they used to be too. At one time they were under $1.00 for many older paperbacks (I see some when I go to a local used bookstore). Now it's an average of $6-$7 for the average pbook. That's one of the reasons I like ebooks. Some are free and many others are low cost. There are also some that are more expensive but I imagine many of them will be reduced in price eventually as new books come in. I think the convenience of ereaders (like the Kindle3) will attract more people back to reading. 100's of books at your fingertips and no matter how many pages a given one has they are all a uniform weight and thickness on the Kindle, etc.