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Originally Posted by HarryT
Compared with what, ficbot? Books now, in the UK, are enormously cheaper now, in real terms, than they were when I was a teenager, 30 years ago.
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ficbot is correct about prices. Publishers created this new paperback format that doesn't fit well on most shelves. it's taller and tinner and doesn't fit well in your hand. It was designed to allow publishers to have paperback books at a higher price. I don't buy into that. I've never bought one and never will. It's a sham. The problem is that when something is selling, the people who make it have to f**k it up by changing it in some way that's either not what we want and/or they have to raise the price. People were going to the movies, so the prices just went up. People bought CDs, so they had to raise the price. People buy food, so the prices go up and the quantity goes down. eBooks start selling better and now some of the publishers have to jerk us around even more with their crap. I think eBooks are in trouble. I for one would not recommend anyone get a reader just now.