tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post6446083251338979575..comments2024-03-28T01:35:06.113-05:00Comments on Book Chase: The Price of BooksSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-33624708275107576752007-09-16T22:32:00.000-05:002007-09-16T22:32:00.000-05:00Wow, Annie, I'm feeling better already. :-)Wow, Annie, I'm feeling better already. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-75586409073440388642007-09-16T22:13:00.000-05:002007-09-16T22:13:00.000-05:00Yeah, I know; I'm sorry I brought that up. :( And...Yeah, I know; I'm sorry I brought that up. :( And to think I'm trying to get out of there and into a new job. But, there are somedays when the discount just doesn't seem worth it - like when you're dusting a shelf and end up with your hand in someone's chewed gum, or you have to clean up the vomit in the aisle and on the books in self improvement, or when a mother chews you out because the bookJanda/Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16754631494233387294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-6989295376972703452007-09-16T16:56:00.000-05:002007-09-16T16:56:00.000-05:00As you know, Annie, not all of us are lucky enough...As you know, Annie, not all of us are lucky enough to work in a bookstore...as much as we'd like to. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-30843760096395434702007-09-16T16:54:00.000-05:002007-09-16T16:54:00.000-05:00I don't like those new mass market books either. ...I don't like those new mass market books either. We even had to get new displays to hold them at the store. <BR/><BR/>As for book price, that's the best thing about working at a bookstore - the discount! And I love bargain books! I also went to a book fair of sorts a few weeks ago and got some great deals (details on my blog). I often find the books I want cheap, but sometimes I have to wait Janda/Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16754631494233387294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-62113149900790908162007-09-12T14:17:00.000-05:002007-09-12T14:17:00.000-05:00Carrie - "Price creep" has really gotten out of ha...Carrie - "Price creep" has really gotten out of hand, lately. I'm constantly shocked by the full retail price that I see on new books. It's reached a point that I don't try as many new authors by buying their stuff at the bookstore anymore. Libraries serve that purpose for me now.<BR/><BR/>Amy - for people who read as much as most of us do, it has to become about the bottom line sooner or Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-50173784583298425592007-09-12T07:49:00.000-05:002007-09-12T07:49:00.000-05:00Oh Sam...don't mean to highjack the thread, but wh...Oh Sam...don't mean to highjack the thread, but who else's shoulder can I cry on, literary-style? It sucks, it's so horrible that that little piece of crappy reeking humanity, Floral Tebbs just up and murdered in cold blood the cool, intellectual and totally crushworthy Nathan Dreyfoos. I had a sinking feeling when Kantor didn't reveal the victim for quite a few pages, but it was like an Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-1447187283841408142007-09-12T06:20:00.000-05:002007-09-12T06:20:00.000-05:00It's a crazy business. The price of paper goes up...It's a crazy business. The price of paper goes up every few months, postage, shipping, etc., go up constantly. And all of this is affected by rising gas prices (yes, that affects the price of books too). <BR/><BR/>Books have to sell in volume to make any money. As a novelist, I know I receive an average of $1.00 in royalties for each of my novels sold (trade paperbacks), which retail for $Laura Stampshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09787962821365250964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-51444509633848440352007-09-11T23:07:00.000-05:002007-09-11T23:07:00.000-05:00I agree with Carrie. The higher prices won't make ...I agree with Carrie. The higher prices won't make me read less- they'll just make me buy less. Hello libraries and book trading!John Mutfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730205221787092204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-12632435246624454332007-09-11T21:48:00.000-05:002007-09-11T21:48:00.000-05:00I have to say that I really don't like those large...I have to say that I really don't like those larger mass market sized paperbacks. I think I will go out of my way to not buy one of those. I'm not sure what it is--the funky shape doesn't fit as nicely in the hand? But they don't appeal to me. When I bought books at the library sale last weekend two were mass market books published in the 70s--the cover prices were $1.95!!! Now I know the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-63999719468809058952007-09-11T16:59:00.000-05:002007-09-11T16:59:00.000-05:00I save my coupon every month and use it to purchas...I save my coupon every month and use it to purchase a book I can't get any other way(either through the library, ILL, or paperbackswap) but I recently found a good local independent so I would like to give them my business. <BR/><BR/>I hate to make it all about the bottom line but sometimes that's all I can do. :/Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08134658141375355475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-10145834158035922052007-09-11T16:40:00.000-05:002007-09-11T16:40:00.000-05:00I've noticed that the paperbacks are all going for...I've noticed that the paperbacks are all going for $15 lately. I'm not super crazy about the bigger sizes but I can live with it - especially since my eyes are going....<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I read more books from the library now than I purchase. I don't have the space or budget to buy all the books I'd want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-42830032408258694952007-09-11T15:49:00.000-05:002007-09-11T15:49:00.000-05:00From what I understand, Stephanie, it's another ba...From what I understand, Stephanie, it's another baby boom idea. The print is larger in the new size book without having to say so on the cover. Publishers have apparently decided that they will sell more books to boomers this way as their collective eyesight gets worse and worse in the coming years. And it's not so noticeable to younger readers that they will find it uncomfortable to read in Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-51042464220812110032007-09-11T10:40:00.000-05:002007-09-11T10:40:00.000-05:00You know...I noticed the other day when I saw that...You know...I noticed the other day when I saw that Lisey's Story was out in paperback that it was bigger than the normal mass markets. What's up with that? I actually prefer the trade sized paperbacks myself, but I don't think I like the new mass markets!!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055676171075203563noreply@blogger.com