Effective June 20th, Amazon raised the prices for print versions of their self-published authors. I'm sure many authors are also looking at raising their e-book prices simply because everything else has gone up.
Inflation poses a unique problem for people who don't have major publicity behind them. Such folks can charge a premium for their work. Lesser lights, on the other hand, rely on a lower cost to help entice readers. While inflation is distributed across the board in the book market, people still have a sense of what is expensive and what is not, and there can be a disconnect when prices rise as sharply as they have done over the last couple of years.
I supposed that – had I been market-savvy and seen it coming, I could have announced a big sale before the price hike. I may do that anyway, offering "retro" prices over a big weekend.
The fact remains that when everything gets more expensive, that includes books.
Chateau Lloyd 
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