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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Whose reasonable, though?
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Very few book prices are reasonable today. I bought "Hawaii" in paperback for 35 cents in 1961. Today Amazon has the paperback for $15.29.
I bought "Advise and Consent" about the same time for the same price. Or maybe it was 25 cents. Today it's on sale for $24.99, normally $29.99.
In those days most paperback novels were 10 to 15 cents and thick ones were more. I remember the price of Hawaii because it was the most expensive book I'd bought up till then. I've been using it as a joking example ever since.
In 1961, according to the inflation calculator 35 cents would be $2.98. That means they're now selling Hawaii for 5.14 times as much as they were then, adjusted for inflation.
Again, we live in a capitalist economy and they're allowed to do that. But I'm not willing to call that reasonable. I'm a strong believer in capitalism but I recognize that it has its problems and this seems like a problem.
And no, I'm not trying to justify piracy. That's a red herring and really has no place in this.
Barry