Thread: Books in the cloud will be here on the 4th of April - 1984 made manifest
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Old 03-27-2011, 06:37 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by karunaji View Post
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.
I doubt it. I blame it on the oil. Everything is expensive in Norway. In Sweden a paperback book is maybe $8-12$. Buying an English paperback is usually more expensive.

From a Nordic perspective the complaints from US people about book prices seems kind of absurd...
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