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fjtorres · 01-06-2016, 06:25 PM

The oil crisis and the attendant inflation started around 1974.
Paperback prices had already doubled/trebled from $0.35/0.50 to $1.25/1.75 by the early 70's.

I have a bunch of used paperbacks dating all the way back to the 50's.
I could go digging through them to document pricing up to the 90's, when I started transitioning to ebooks. Once paperback prices hit $6 I cut back drastically on new purchases.
(Plus, the TBR closet was overflowing.)

Or, I can go see what Google/Bing cough up to back my recollections.

Edit: fbone already did the honors in 2010.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=102755

01-06-2016, 06:25 PM	#6
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	The oil crisis and the attendant inflation started around 1974. Paperback prices had already doubled/trebled from $0.35/0.50 to $1.25/1.75 by the early 70's. I have a bunch of used paperbacks dating all the way back to the 50's. I could go digging through them to document pricing up to the 90's, when I started transitioning to ebooks. Once paperback prices hit $6 I cut back drastically on new purchases. (Plus, the TBR closet was overflowing.) Or, I can go see what Google/Bing cough up to back my recollections. Edit: fbone already did the honors in 2010. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=102755 Last edited by fjtorres; 01-06-2016 at 06:55 PM.