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Originally Posted by corroonb
Inflation, a mass market and updated technology have made books cheaper than ever. Even hard-backs are cheaper than they've ever been. You could argue that materials are cheaper and of lower quality and you'd probably be right.
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True, but $1.30 must have been a fortune to spend on a book back in 1914. To get in a movie house back then was probably still 5 cents at most. Of course people made a lot less money at their jobs back then too. A sandwich in a restaurant from around that time was either 5-10 cents. Of course I wonder how many books from around 1914 are still in good shape too. They didn't use acid free paper back then I'm thinking either.