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“Who would have imagined that, even at 6d, there was a thirsty public anxious to buy thousands of copies of books on science, sociology, economics, archae
by kps 13y ago
“Who would have imagined that, even at 6d, there was a thirsty public
anxious to buy thousands of copies of books on science, sociology, economics,
archaeology, astronomy and other equally serious subjects?”
[....]
Editions of 50,000, even for not obvious bestsellers, were standard [....]
(These days a publisher would be delighted if such a book made it to 2,000.)
Sixpence in 1937 is about £1.50 (US$2.50) today. The new series sells for £8 ($13.50).
- rdl 13y agoI've been noticing a lot of kindle books in the 1.99 to 3.99 range recently. I wonder how sales are different vs 9.99 to 15.99
- danohuiginn 13y agoThe kindle versions of these will be £3.99, half the price of the paper edition. The lower price point makes good sense to me -- it encourages impulse buys, and the e-books have no significant marginal costs.
- pessimizer 13y agoThat's what capitalist technology does. It makes books more expensive over time to buy, and less expensive over time to create and distribute.