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J1LYQ TIL in the early 1940s, the average children’s book cost between $2 and $3, which would be the equivalent of about $38 to $50 today. “The Little Golden Book series" started in 1942 and made high quality kids books affordable at 25¢ or $4.20 today
Y7mDv TIL Ebooks can't be lent or resold because buyers pay for a license to view the contents, not ownership of the ebook itself.
W7NkN TIL that the highest rated book by an american author on Goodreads is Words of Radiance at 4.76