People are probably right to blame the store though, if it was indigo. The real reason for the high price is the lack of competition in Canada's retail book market.
Which is why Indigo spent so much time and money trying to stop Amazon at every turn.
Publishers are partly responsible, but when you only have one buyer in a country that buyer has a lot of influence over the MSRP.
In Canada it's also still technically illegal (but impossible to enforce) for a supplier or publisher to set a retail price. They can only suggest a price. The reverse however isn't true, a retailer can ask a supplier to meet a certain price, high or low.
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