Have Disneyland autograph books gotten small and expensive to buy these days?

[DodgerGirl]

When I first went to Disneyland my very first autograph book was very big and had a lot of pages to fill for characters to sign autographs. But when I have visited Disneyland I noticed that the autograph books were small and had a limited number of pages and I would like to know why this was done? I also have noticed that the prices for autograph books have gotten expensive at Disneyland and now that I have been seeing today's autograph books they look like a memo pad or a shopping list. I wonder if Disneyland will lower it's prices for autograph books now that the park is still closed and meet and greets will most likely be suspended when Disneyland does reopen?
Why has autograph books gotten smaller and expensive to buy at Disneyland?

 

[Karin1984]

Probably because big autograph books are a pain for parents to carry around, and they probably gotten smaller as most kids lose interest quickly after a couple of meets (or the parents don't want to wait in line for characters)? That's my guess. I think the pages reflect the amount of autographs you can gather on a normal visit for most guests. If you are an autograph hunter that's a different story, but the majority of the people won't need that many pages.

And they are expensive, because Disney knows that people will buy them anyway. So it's good business.

 

[Epicnemesis]

I found the book we got for our daughter to be reasonable. Not sure what we payed for it but there are a lot of pages and have a space for a picture for each page. This was as of like 2 years ago.

 

[CO2CA]

I forgot about autograph books! I still have mine from 17+ years ago. We always bought ours across the street at one of the gift shops.