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Why Are Books So Expensive Now???
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To be frank, I have a hobby that I like strolling around bookstores to pick some books I like. So some of my friends call be "literature youth".
When I was a high school student, I liked reading some literary works influenced by my Chinese teacher. No matter some foreign literature like "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" written by Milan Kundera or many Chinese proses by Liang Heng, I have read a lot. As a college student, I began to read some professional books on computers for I majored in Management Information System. Besides, "Youth Literary Digest" and "Readers" are my favorites which I can learn many moving stories from.
But I also have a bad habbit that rarely do I complete reading an entire book. So the situation is that I spend a lot of money to buy books but I can't finish reading them. Sometimes I only read several pages of a book and put it aside. It is waste of money and I know that. But I prefer buying books to read to borrow books from libraries. I'm a little weird, right?
Yesterday I bought three books in Shanghai Book Mall near my university. After putting them on the counter do I find that they cost me more than 100 yuan. Sooo expensive that I can hardly believe. A book named "in Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas"(牛奶可乐经济学)with only 200 pages cost me 39.5 yuan! It's a robbery!
Never do I thought the books would have cost me so much money. Why are books so expensive now?
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- Reply Houston
- Sally_Fan: I agree with you, the original books are really expensive at present, frankly speaking, most of my money are cost by books. Some magazine, such as GirApparently, it is a common bad habit...
But I think it's not a bad matter as it proves that we love study haha~
- Reply Houston
- ahm718: You must try to borrow books ~Huh...Hehe, library is a good place especially in university's~
- Reply RachelBear
- haha~I bear resemblances to you in many aspects~
I am fond of reading foreign literatures,really the opposite of Chinese,both in thoughts and rhetoric.But always puzzled by some foreign essays with imprecise translation, I feel the external masterpieces have lost their primary taste.
The expense on books obsesses me all the time.Now I go to the bookstore to seek books and magazines I prefer to, then do on-line shopping in JOYO or Dangdang.Really economical and resolve the problem that I am accustomed to reading books belonging to myself.
- Reply Houston
- RachelBear: haha~I bear resemblances to you in many aspects~So, I'm a little smart that I applied for a membership card, which I can get a 12% discount with^_^
I am fond of reading foreign literatures,really the opposite of Chinese,both in thoughts and rhetoric
- Reply understatement
- i rarely buy books now...i borrow them or read in the book store...
but i used to buy as many as books as possible.
What has happened to me ?i really don't know.maybe it is because i have realized the money must be used on some places that is more meaningful than those good-looking books....just good-looking,i think~
- Reply Houston
- understatement: i rarely buy books now...i borrow them or read in the book store...I will hesitate if I buy a cell phone or other things. But I never feel guilty buying books...
but i used to buy as many as books as possible.
What has happened to me ?i really
I haven't bought the cell phone yet. I keep waiting and see...
- Reply understatement
- Houston: I will hesitate if I buy a cell phone or other things. But I never feel guilty buying books...oh!!!!!god!!!!!!
I haven't bought the cell phone yet. I keep waiting and
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- Reply Devon
- I think u needn't spend too much money on book! I hardly buy a book at ordinary times although I like reading very much,because I found a lot of books can be downloaded easily on the Internet.
- Reply Houston
- Devon: I think u needn't spend too much money on book! I hardly buy a book at ordinary times although I like reading very much,because I found a lot of booThat is true. But if I own a real book, I can read it in the subways or in classes to kill time, right?
- Reply fallseason
- I think the most expensive book is in the US. I don't buy the books in the bookstore. I go to the ebay,other online stores to buy much cheap books. Maybe you can find the cheap book you want online too in China.
- Reply Houston
- fallseason: I think the most expensive book is in the US. I don't buy the books in the bookstore. I go to the ebay,other online stores to buy much cheap books. MaHehe, you are right. Maybe I'll take your advice~
But to be frank, I enjoy the course of strolling the bookstore to kill time and pick some books casually~
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