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Hello Kurt!

** On Monday 12.01.26 - 08:59, you wrote to me:

 -=>> August Abolins wrote to Rob Mccart <=-

 AA>> But it's not necessarily "the stores" doing it. In my case it's
 AA>> the wholesaler raising *my* price based on their their MSRP.

 KW>  Of course, they're passing the profits onto the authors to offset the
 KW>  higher costs of living, right?

 KW>  right?

Beyond the contracted "advance", I would think that authors  
*DO* get an increase factored in.  Afterall, their "royalty"  
portion is probably based on the Sales $.

The book industry in Canada is fondly subsidized by the  
government.

Cost-of-Living is not 20%-50% within one or even three years.
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