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crich70 · 06-17-2014, 07:03 PM

I've been thinking of how much things have changed as far as books in 100 yrs. The Vanished Messenger By E. Phillips Oppenheim was published by Little, Brown & Co. for $1.30 in 1914 and at the time that must have been a very expensive book as many could be bought for 5-10 cents via catalog. Now days a book that cost that little (in paper) wouldn't even pay back its cost of printing I bet. In fact the only place you find books for that low now is in ebook format books.

06-17-2014, 07:03 PM	#1
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)	How book prices have changed I've been thinking of how much things have changed as far as books in 100 yrs. The Vanished Messenger By E. Phillips Oppenheim was published by Little, Brown & Co. for $1.30 in 1914 and at the time that must have been a very expensive book as many could be bought for 5-10 cents via catalog. Now days a book that cost that little (in paper) wouldn't even pay back its cost of printing I bet. In fact the only place you find books for that low now is in ebook format books.