A supply side argument for the currently (high) price of books.
No, Books Are Not Remotely Too Expensive – by Joel J Miller Apr 23, 2026, 8:53 AM
The next time you pick up a $30 hardcover and wince, remember you’re holding a year (probably more) of someone’s creative labor; multiple rounds of professional editing; original cover art and interior design; paper, printing, binding, warehousing, and shipping; a bookseller’s rent; a clerk’s wages; not to mention an entire supply chain from forest to shelf. What’s more, you get all of this distilled into an object that supplies you with ten to twenty hours of the most immersive form of entertainment humans have ever invented. And did I mention that you own it forever?
I’d like to get a demand side argument, next.