The situation is worse than ever in my opinion, there are very few used books and they cost as much as the new ones or more. The new books from previously well

The situation is worse than ever in my opinion, there are very few used books and they cost as much as the new ones or more. The new books from previously well respected editions (eg Springer GMT) are now 'print on demand' directly by resellers, that means longer time to receive the books and often a very bad binding which last only a few years before falling apart. Of course they kept the same price.