I just paid £12.99 for a 56-page book of poetry.
My head hurts, and my wallet hurts.
For comparison, Sarah Waters's 500-page tome The Little Stranger has an RRP of £16.99, and I got it on Amazon for £8.49. To me, this makes no sense.
Word-for-word, poetry seems a more profitable business to pursue. I shall bear this in mind.
I would question why the university bookshop doesn't provide any discounts, but after being there for nearly four years I've learned that things at QM rarely make sense.
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You were done, mate. Saw The Little Stranger in Tesco's yesterday, you could buy that and the new No 1 Ladies Detective Agency novel for £7 the pair.
ReplyDeleteYes, I know, it's the evil empire. But they do do cheap books.
Of course, they don't stock poetry. There's no call for it, apparently...
My copy of The Little Stranger is hardback - and I had to buy it for uni just after it was announced as being on the Booker shortlist, so all the prices went up!
ReplyDeleteBloody poetry.