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    From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to Rob Mccart on Mon Jan 12 11:02:00 2026
    Hello Rob!


    When you think about it, you could double fuel costs and
    the cost increase on your can of beans would go up by half
    a cent, if that. But the stores all take advantage of the
    'bad news' and use it to inflate prices to ridiculous
    levels, often up by 50% or more, with less chance of
    people complaining because they have heard the bad news
    and blame it on someone else..

    I am seeing ridiculous increases on books.

    Pocketbooks/mass-market are up from 11.99 to 14.99

    Many hardcovers typically between 29.99 to 35.99 are now over
    40$

    But it's not necessarily "the stores" doing it. In my case it's
    the wholesaler raising *my* price based on their their MSRP.




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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to August Abolins on Mon Jan 12 08:59:58 2026
    August Abolins wrote to Rob Mccart <=-

    But it's not necessarily "the stores" doing it. In my case it's
    the wholesaler raising *my* price based on their their MSRP.

    Of course, they're passing the profits onto the authors to offset the
    higher costs of living, right?


    right?



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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to Kurt Weiske on Mon Jan 12 13:34:00 2026
    Hello Kurt!

    ** On Monday 12.01.26 - 08:59, you wrote to me:

    August Abolins wrote to Rob Mccart <=-

    But it's not necessarily "the stores" doing it. In my case it's
    the wholesaler raising *my* price based on their their MSRP.

    Of course, they're passing the profits onto the authors to offset the
    higher costs of living, right?

    right?

    Beyond the contracted "advance", I would think that authors
    *DO* get an increase factored in. Afterall, their "royalty"
    portion is probably based on the Sales $.

    The book industry in Canada is fondly subsidized by the
    government.

    Cost-of-Living is not 20%-50% within one or even three years.
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