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Old 03-27-2011, 03:36 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by kaleissin View Post
No, it's just about all books written in the language Norwegian. Already, Norwegians who read a lot usually read mostly English because the book prices are insane.
That is the price of cultural and linguistic exclusivity of a small nation. If more people start reading English, publishers will have to rise prices even more to break even.

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Why would a pirate bother with books written in a language used by less than five million people?
Ha, there are less than 1.5 Latvian speakers and yet availability of pirated books are quite significant. Prices in bookstores vary but in general translations are cheaper than original English editions.
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