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by kenmck 5397 days ago
Many Amazon marketplace sellers use software to automatically adjust the prices of books. The results are sometimes strange.
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I used to write that software.

Low supply, low demand == high prices

That's if your software assumes a scarce book is a rare book. In actual bookstores for this type of book, low supply, low demand == SALE 50% OFF!