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When World War I ended the mark had only half the purchasing power it had in 1914. The result was a rise in wages and materials and thus also in production costs of books. In 1917 publishers had introduced a price supplement. Springer-Verlag increased its prices for books published before July 1, 1917 by 20 % for soft-cover and by 30 % for hard-cover copies. There were further price rises in 1918, and in 1919 the firm doubled the list-prices of books published before the end of 1917, and increased the prices for those published in 1918 by 50 %. This was a moderate amount in the face of salaries having “more than tripled,” as Springer told one of his authors, Max Born, on January 12, 1920. Some booksellers had increased their prices even further in the spring of 1919, causing strong opposition from the Börsenverein and the publishers.
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(1996). The Expansion of Scientific Publishing (1919–1932). In: Springer-Verlag History of a Scientific Publishing House. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92887-4_5
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