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Is a Book Worth More than a Greeting Card?

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I was shopping for greeting cards at Hallmark a couple of days ago.

It really got me thinking about book prices.

At first, I was thinking, “$3.99 for a greeting card? I have a book that I spent months on selling for $2.99.”

But then I realized that I had paid $3.99 for greeting cards long before I published my first book.

It’s not that greeting prices have gone up so much.

It’s more that book prices have come down so much.

A greeting card is basically a book cover.

So surely if we squeeze a hundred or more pages into that space, it should be worth more… Right?

99-cent books. Think about it. Are these books not even worth as much as a greeting card?

At least, old-fashioned printed greeting cards.

There are many free e-greeting cards.

When print-on-demand greeting cards become popular, I guess those prices will drastically…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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