Thread: "Most e-books in The Netherlands are not paid for."
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Old 02-09-2014, 01:45 PM   #91
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Originally Posted by Iskariot View Post

b. I quickly discovered that the original english (and german) versions of books were a lot cheaper than the dutch translations. And I mean a lot! I would pay 50 Gulden (old currency) for a translated version of Wingrove's Chung Kuo books, but when I ordered it abroad it would cost me no more than 17, perhaps 20 Gulden, including shipping and handling.
I always supposed that this huge difference in price could be explained by the fact that there are many more english language speakers than there are dutch language speakers.
Where di you buy those though? Because in a normal bookstore English books were definitely more expensive!
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