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Originally Posted by Timboli
@pwalker8 - I'm not exactly sure what you are saying,
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I'm saying that compared to inflation, books cost considerably less than they did just 20 years ago. Some prices drop over time because the cost of production goes down, but much of the production cost of books is people cost, not technology cost. The cost of the actual printing has gone down, but that's just a small, small piece of the overall cost.
My point is that simply asserting that books should cost less, and therefore readers are getting ripped off should be seen in that light. Cars cost a lot more than they did 20 years ago, as do houses and food. Why shouldn't books be expected to have the same dynamic?