Sorry state of our book industry


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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