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AA>I am seeing ridiculous increases on books.

AA>Pocketbooks/mass-market are up from 11.99 to 14.99

AA>Many hardcovers typically between 29.99 to 35.99 are now over
  >40$

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

Would most of those be coming in from the USA ?
Current Trade issues with them may be influencing that too..

Quite a day today. Like usual my shopping day was the worst weather
in several days. It didn't look too bad but the slushy stuff on
the roads was weirdly slippery even where not very deep..

I got through that okay, and then at 7pm tonight my power
went out for 5 1/2 hours, about 75 minutes longer than their
repair estimate. Good thing it was still fairly warm (2c 36f)
today so that it 'only' dropped to about 11c (52f) in here so
I was able to wait it out with a few extra layers of clothing,
later reading a book by flashlight under the covers in bed,
the bedroom holding heat in better than the rest of the house..

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