# High prices for used books **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 11, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-prices-for-used-books/964298 "2022-05-11T21:26:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
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> [@Kropotkin](#): > > I looked for the above-mentioned earlier thread, to no avail. If anyone has a link to it, I’d be grateful if you shared. There have been several threads about used book pricing in the past, including this one (in which @Exapno_Mapcase linked to a couple of others) > [@Strange Amazon Book Pricing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-amazon-book-pricing/668505): > > I was looking for a book on [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) this morning and did a simple search that brought back the following [results](http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0762779675/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1378828953&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Montana+Icons+by+Burt+Gildart&condition=used). I started at the top going down and noticed that this book, which new costs $16.95, sold used anywhere from $9.08 to $189.14. I assumed that the $189.14 price was probably a typo, but then I noticed it for $141.03 and $54.99 also, all from different sellers. So why would someone pay $189 for a used book that you could easily buy for $16.95 new? This book is neither rare nor h… and this one > [@What's going on with Amazon book prices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-amazon-book-prices/596543): > > In looking at Amazon.ca books, I noticed some search categories for books by price. There are 8,505 books priced from [$2000-$4999](http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=sv_b_7?ie=UTF8&search-alias=stripbooks&field-is-available-used=1#/ref=sr_nr_p_36_7?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cn%3A!927726%2Cp_36%3A200000-499999&bbn=927726&ie=UTF8&qid=1316198470) and 1,902 books priced from [$5000 - $9999](http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=sv_b_7?ie=UTF8&search-alias=stripbooks&field-is-available-used=1#/ref=sr_nr_p_36_8?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cn%3A!927726%2Cp_36%3A500000-999999&bbn=927726&ie=UTF8&qid=1316198470) With a further 1,014 books priced at [over $10,000](http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=sv_b_7?ie=UTF8&search-alias=stripbooks&field-is-available-used=1#/ref=sr_nr_p_36_9?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cn%3A!927726%2Cp_36%3A1000000-99999999&bbn=927726&ie=UTF8&qid=1316198470) Let’s take a look at some of these pricy books: The Greek Myths: 1 by Robert Graves (Mass Market Paperback - 1966) 1 used from CDN$ 465,000.00 Puss in Boots by Barrie Wade and Neil (Illu) Chapman (Paperback - Jul 2006) 1 used from CDN$ 99,999.00 Herbal Medicine of the … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-prices-for-used-books/964298)._