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Old 04-21-2010, 05:14 AM   #7
tompe
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I'm afraid that such polls are meaningless in a world-wide context, since the "normal" price of books varies so much from country to country. What might be considered outrageously expensive in one country may well be thought of as a bargain in another.
Exactly. I really cannot sympathize with the opinion that more than $10 for an hardback is expensive when I compare what I have to pay for the same book if buying locally. For example I just bough a paperback of Shutter Island in a shop and it cost me $17 and that is a pretty normal price for imported English editions. In bigger cities and bigger shops they can be a bit cheaper.

A normal Swedish paperback cost around 50 SEK ($7).
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