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0 pointsirahul12y ago0 comments

> The end result is that Indian book prices are quite high for a country with largely third-world living standards.

Indian book prices, especially for foreign books which are published in India, is quite low.

http://www.flipkart.com/feynman-lectures-physics-mainly-mech...

Price: Rs 236

http://www.amazon.com/The-Feynman-Lectures-Physics-Vol/dp/04...

Price: USD 38(about Rs 2100)

That's almost a 10 fold difference. The paper quality isn't good, it's mostly paperback[1], but paying 10 folds for a hard cover isn't worth it. Books which aren't published locally(imported) are an issue. Prices are too steep compared to books which are published here.

http://www.flipkart.com/algorithm-design-manual-0002/p/itmdy...

Price: Rs 5163

[1]: In the examples above, both books are low quality paperback books.

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kamaal12y ago

You have taken one book, but in most general cases foreign author books are quite expensive in India.

irahulOP12y ago

> You have taken one book, but in most general cases foreign author books are quite expensive in India.

Books which are published in India are quite cheap(especially if they happen to be popular). Most of the pearson books are LPE(low price editions). Books from other publishers which are published here(marked for the Asian subcontinents) are cheap. Foreign books being cheap is the norm, not the other way round(unless they are imported).

kamaal12y ago

I don't know from where you are buying 'foreign books for cheap' and I'm not sure if you are referring only to LPE text books.

But most of the novels, and other books that I know are definitely expensive.

Text books are not the only books. And of course it also depends on the definition of cheap.

But pirated books sold on by footpath hawkers sell like hot cakes only because many foreign best sellers are generally expensive.

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0 pointsirahul12y ago0 comments

> The end result is that Indian book prices are quite high for a country with largely third-world living standards.

Indian book prices, especially for foreign books which are published in India, is quite low.

http://www.flipkart.com/feynman-lectures-physics-mainly-mech...

Price: Rs 236

http://www.amazon.com/The-Feynman-Lectures-Physics-Vol/dp/04...

Price: USD 38(about Rs 2100)

http://www.flipkart.com/algorithm-design-manual-0002/p/itmdy...

Price: Rs 5163

[1]: In the examples above, both books are low quality paperback books.

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kamaal12y ago

You have taken one book, but in most general cases foreign author books are quite expensive in India.

irahulOP12y ago

> You have taken one book, but in most general cases foreign author books are quite expensive in India.

kamaal12y ago

I don't know from where you are buying 'foreign books for cheap' and I'm not sure if you are referring only to LPE text books.

But most of the novels, and other books that I know are definitely expensive.

Text books are not the only books. And of course it also depends on the definition of cheap.

But pirated books sold on by footpath hawkers sell like hot cakes only because many foreign best sellers are generally expensive.

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