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zedatkinszed t1_j1enwq0 wrote

Reply to comment by PristineBookkeeper40 in Have books gotten more expensive? by syncomatic_columbia

Not the author. They might make $1-$1.50 on that. 50% of that cost is the retailer at 100% mark-up. 50% of the rest is publisher and the rest is print and logistics costs.

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dissidentpen t1_j1f086w wrote

FYI publishers have razor thin margins. Even the big ones. And “mark-up” is the necessary cost of distribution.

No one is getting rich in the book business, except probably the very top shareholders of corporate houses.

Books are more expensive because everything is more expensive. So I vary my buying habits with both used and new - keep some stuff in circulation and also sometimes support the people who make these things.

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