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by quentindanjou 63 days ago
Hard disagree.

The article contradicts itself when you verify it.

Tolkien's Fellowship was $7 in 2000 using the given inflation calculator it would be $13 today (not more than $50 as mentioned in the article??? They probably set the date at over 50 years ago) todays edition of the book is $20 (not the $13 it should have been with inflation) and the hardcover version is at $30.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-fellowship-of-the-ring-...

> Don’t blame books for being too expensive. Everything else is more expensive, and that’s why you can’t afford books.

Books became more expensive as everything else.