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And over here, the average new (or older - we don't get many sales) book costs 15-25 euros, and the minimum wage is 1.73 € an hour / 278 € a month.
I can't really compare paperback prices, though; almost all books are released as hardbacks - the market isn't big enough for paperbacks, and the few paperbacks there are aren't noticeably cheaper than the hardbacks.
I don't know anyone here who could afford to buy books at leisure - it's either libraries or online for anyone with a bit of interest in reading and enough knowledge of English. I'm surprised we still have publishers, really, but most of what's published is biographies of local celebrities and such other local things which Western online shops can't replace.
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