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Originally Posted by HarryT
The high cost is due to the fact that academic books have to be rigorously proofed and peer-reviewed, to a far higher standard than novels. Editing/proofing is always an expensive process; with academic books, the cost of it can only be offset against a small number of sales, hence the high unit cost.
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Peer review I can agree with, but you should read the £130 book I referred to earlier - the proofing is terrible. Admittedly it is written by a non-native English speaker, but there are basic errors such that I find it difficult to believe the publisher did any proofreading at all.