<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div class="2">Good Morning,</div><div class="2"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div class="2">The 20th anniversary, 2022 edition of TLN's annual "Average Book Prices" compilation is attached, in both pdf and spreadsheet formats. All 2022 ytd and 2021 final data is taken from a School Library Journal article dated March 2, 2022.</div><div class="2"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div class="2">The attached document is also available on the TLN website at this link:</div><div class="2"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div id="zimbraEditorContainer" class="2"><a href="https://tln.lib.mi.us/dept/technical-services/acq/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://tln.lib.mi.us/dept/technical-services/acq/</a></div><div class="2"><br>It will be interesting to see what the presumed 2023 edition looks like when compared to 2022. I say that account inflation is running at its highest rate in 40 years. Will that translate into higher prices for books? </div><div class="2"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div class="2">Jim<br><div style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Jim Flury<br>Technical Services Manager<br>The Library Network<br>41365 Vincenti Court<br>Novi, MI 48375<br>248-536-3100, ext 133<br>Fax 248-536-3098<br>jflury@tln.lib.mi.us</div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>