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Originally Posted by Toxaris
The market for Dutch books is much better than it looks. In fact, if we are talking about paper books, English books are harder to get (without the internet that is). One of the main issues is the fixed book price. Books that sell less copies are priced more or less the same as books that sell a lot. The reasoning behind that is that 'literature' still can get published even if it sells less. However, this only applies to 'literature'. For example the price of a good historical book is skyhigh.
I put 'literature' in quotes, since the what they call 'literature' is something that most people do not read (except forced on school) and is full of whining, sexuality or about the second war (and then combined with the whining and sexuality). This forces books to be priced so high as they are.
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I even forgot about the fixed book price. See how many paper books I've bought in the Netherlands in the last 15 years? Like... none.
Fixed book price is ridiculous. I've seen 250 page paperbacks at €25 today.
Not in my life. I read such a book in less than 7 hours. I'd rather buy an RPG that gets me 80 hours of playtime, or an e-book for €5.