Its the same here. I live in Singapore. We may have Borders, Kinokuniya but prices aren't nowhere close to those in North America.
A US$7.99 paperback will cost around SGD$16. At the current exchange rate, its about US$11. Which is why I fully embraced ebookstores. The amount of money I saved a year switching from physical books to ebooks is enough to get me one ebook reader even if the ebook are all priced at US$9.95.
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