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Originally Posted by apbschmitz
War and Peace, 1100 pages. Say you read it at 50 pages/hour, so 22 hours of entertainment. At $10 that's 45 cents per hour. Of course War and Peace is free at the Gutenberg Project, so it's not the greatest point of reference. How about Matterhorn, the recent Vietnam novel? 600+ pages, 12 hours of reading, 83 cents per hour. A much better deal in terms of cost per hour than a movie, a bottle of beer, a cup of coffee or just about anything else short of sitting in the sun on a park bench.
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On the other hand, movies cost a heck of a lot more to create than books do, as you have to hire hundreds of people (beyond just actors), pay for studio/locations, rent/buy equipment, etc. Books just need a good author, time for him or her to write, and a small handful of editors, artists (for covers), and marketers (optional). So while a book may be a better entertainment dollar option, its cost also needs to be in line with what it takes to create it.