Thread: Why is backlist so expensive?
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Old 03-22-2015, 01:36 PM   #51
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Originally Posted by mandy314 View Post
Example: Mary Willis Walker - Under the Beetle's Cellar - a novel from 1995, iirc out-of-print at least 15 years, and now available as ebook for 22$ (amazon.com).
I see this one for sale by Random House for $10.99 at Amazon ($12.99 at B&N/Kobo), which brings me back to my contention that the publishers are pricing "older classic/notable works" at trade paperback price points if there's no mass market paperback in print. Price gouging in my opinion.
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