The Bowerbird Writes

Sorry state of our book industry

By Johan Jaaffar
For the shelf: Most of the books published in Malaysia are textbooks and workbooks. — Bloomberg

I WAS at a book warehouse recently. There was a jumbo sale offering thousands of titles. The books are of all kinds and sizes. There are gems among the pile. Some books are priced as cheap as 50 sen and the most expensive is RM10 each.

Buyers were loading books into bags and containers.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

RM 11.12/month

Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.

Best Value

Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 9.87/month

Billed as RM 118.40 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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Johan Jaaffar

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