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Re: RARA-AVIS: The Glass Key 

> Well, justification hey??? How about: THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WILL PAY!!!

from a business standpoint, this of course makes sense. Whatever the
market will bear and all that. . . but the problem w/ skyrocketing prices
is the good stuff ends up in the hands of a very select group of people
with a good deal of surplus income, the kind of income Most book lovers
simply don't have. Now, I have Never understood collecting clothbound
books, as most of them are clunky and ugly and the cover art stinks (I'm
talking crime stuff now). But even w/ pbs, which I *do* collect, prices
are *ridiculous* at times.  Who the *hell* is paying $450 for
Willeford/Sanders's *Whip Hand*?  prices may be capitalistically
justifiable, but they are so annoying. No offense to book sellers
intended.  Michael

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Michael D. Sharp, Dept. of English, University of Michigan
(msharp@umich.edu)                      

On Tue, 6 May 1997, JAMES MOUNTAIN wrote:

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> > I would love to attend the panel discussion on inflated prices for
> > "hypermoderns" (which _The Glass Key_ is patently *not*); how can anyone
> > justify charging $500+ for such recent firsts like _Booked to Die_?   
> >
> Well, justification hey??? How about: THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WILL PAY!!!
> Is that good enough?
> 
> James
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> > University of Maryland at College Park
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