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Originally Posted by Lemurion
(emphasis mine)
The thing with mass market pricing is that while there has been a long period of relative stability, it was preceded by a period of what felt like extremely rapid price increases.
At the start of the 1970's, mass market books were about $1, and they roughly doubled by the end of the decade. By the end of the 1980's, they had approximately tripled again, going from roughly $2 to roughly $6.
Since then they've gone from $6 to $8-10 with the higher end being taken over by the taller "premium" size. So yes, while they haven't gone up that much over the last few decades, for me that's at least partially offset by how much they increased in the 80's.
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Is it ONLY paperbacks that did that or most goods?
If the latter then it is just economics in general.