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Originally Posted by Fbone
Some people may chalk it up to inflation. Prices tend to increase. They've seen the hardcover and paperback prices rise also.
Adjusted for CPI a $9.99 title in 2010 would be $10.92 in today's dollar.
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I don't chalk up paperback prices increasing to inflation. I chalk it up to greedy BPH using a different paperback format instead of mass market just so they can keep the prices artificially inflated. They gives BS excuses as to why these off paperback formats are better when they aren't better. They feel odd to hold and they feel odd to read. mass market just feels like a book. Those others don't. Prices rise because BPH want to do whatever they can to destroy eBooks and the higher priced the paperback is, the higher price they can have the eBook if they can manage to go back to agency pricing. So, if the eBook is say $14.99 when the book is in hardcover, by having these really expensive paperbacks, they can keep the eBooks at $12.99 when the book goes to paperback. It's all about cheating the customer.