Expect book prices to fall as dollar rises, booksellers say

Canada - Booksellers predict the price of imported books should drop this fall due to the rising value of the Canadian dollar.

The strong dollar should make it cheaper to buy books produced in the United States – but consumers complain that price differential is taking a long time to work its way onto bookstore shelves.

Savvy consumers have been objecting about the big price difference between the U.S. dollar price printed on the back of a book and its Canadian dollar equivalent. Read more…