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As the rest of the world awakens to the treasures of reasonably priced books, the bookseller states the obvious that we need smarter thinking on book prices....
December and January look very similar on the high street. The big bookselling chains have replaced their front-of-store festive discounts with January sales. A cynical consumer may question the difference between a bestseller at half price before Christmas (an Offer of the Week) and a bestseller at half price after Christmas (a January sale).
The danger is where a half-price discount on a hardback becomes endemic, and the perceived value of the product ebbs away. Instead of stimulating more book buying, the offer merely encourages everyone to wait for a half-price offer in one chain or another. Once an expectation of discounting has become embedded in a consumer's mind, it is very hard to dislodge: the carpet and furniture retailers, with their endless sales, ensure no one except the deluded buys a sofa at full price.
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