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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9035678"><p>I agree with many of your points, but one thing to consider is when fuel costs increase that drives everything up. I have no doubt there are also companies that use rising prices or the threat of them, as an excuse to raise prices and increase profit margins, but I can say when I went to publish a book last year, two of the reasons I was informed the price had to be raised was because of paper and shipping (and I was told this was due to fuel costs). Now it is entirely possible my memory is bad, that I was misinformed, that someone was raising costs and using that as an excuse somewhere in the line. But from my vantage point and memory this resulted in a ten dollar increase in cover cost. However that cover cost increase, in my opinion also negatively affected sales. I can't say that with certainty. But I have a strong sense based on previous releases and numbers that it was a factor (as was the overall increase in cost of living for people I think)</p></blockquote><p></p>