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Re:Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to ... by criddell on Monday October 10, 2022 @08:55AM (#33150724)
Is that the main impact of the German law? I was thinking it might improve an author's chances of earning a reasonable amount of money from writing which I think could be a good thing.

Do you know if there's any correlation between the number of bookstores in a city and the amount people in those cities read? Is it possible that more expensive but also more ubiquitous books leads to more books being read, or are price and readership always inversely correlated?

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Re:Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to ... by gadders on Monday October 10, 2022 @09:28AM (#33151103)
>> Do you know if there's any correlation between the number of bookstores in a city and the amount people in those cities read? Is it possible that more expensive but also more ubiquitous books leads to more books being read, or are price and readership always inversely correlated?

I would say they are always inversely correlated if you are poor.

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Re:Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to ... by criddell on Monday October 10, 2022 @09:36AM (#33151216)
Does the German law also fix the price of used books? If not, then I could see how a thriving (but expensive) new book market could lead to a robust used market which could help readership.
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