Books Should Be More Expensive

from the archives, updated

I originally published this in 2021; since then, the cost to produce a book has risen quite a bit—paper and printing costs have at least doubled. But comments about how books are too expensive are also more common, with consumers as well as indie booksellers citing overly high publisher-set prices. I maintain that for the most part, books are still too cheap, and propose a few ways we could all be more flexible about pricing.