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Originally Posted by Tony Richards
The fact that books are generally much pricier in Australia than elsewhere has been complained about before. Anyone know precisely why?
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Pretty sure it's taxes and a general higher cost of living (though we also have pretty decent minimum wage). Until a few years ago any new book I got was 30-50 dollars or more, and most of them were paperbacks or trade paperbacks. Kind of rubbish. :l God bless the internet.