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Originally Posted by teamug
I see. I know books are expensive in many European countries (often due to various regulations), but I'm a little surprised that they are as expensive in Estonia. I would have imagined the prices could be relatively as expensive, wages taken into consideration, but not that the price point would be that similar. Although many people make a lot of money here no doubt, I think most avid readers here use the library too, and for many people new hardcovers are more of a typical Christmas present.
I'm glad my English level is high enough to enjoy all the books I want in English!  |
Tiny market is the reason for high prices, I guess. There are less than a million people reading in Estonian.
Yeah, I'm glad too that I decided to learn to read fluently in English way back after high school. It was pretty hard going at first, but the rewards were obvious - I got to read all the SF and fantasy not available in Estonian then.
Even the Lord of the Rings was translated years later (it was a forbidden book in the Soviet Union).