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Originally Posted by conan50
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I was just thinking today that book prices in general are vastly inflated for the current climate.
30-40 years ago there was no Internet, no computer games, no video on demand, etc. For books to survive they need to be convenient to purchase and relatively inexpensive. Amazon gives us that. Hatchette is seriously opposed to that formula. My wallet sides with Amazon.
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You mean pbooks and ebooks? Why should a book be cheaper than a movie ticket? With a movie ticket you get to see the movie exactly once and it takes only about 2 hours. A regular book takes much longer to read and entertain you, and you can read it as often as you want. A little bit different once the dvd comes out - that is usually more expensive than the movie ticket and pretty close to a hardcover book in price.