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Yearbook publishing relies on pure nostalgia

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Monetizing memories is incredibly lucrative. Schools heavily push yearbook sales by implying that failing to buy one means erasing your youth. In reality, it is a brilliantly executed scheme to sell a heavy book full of people you actively avoided talking to.

Yearbook publishing relies on pure nostalgia
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