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Ok think about this for a second. In my country the average monthly pay is around 350 dollars (converted so you don't have to). Bills can be as high as 220 dollars. An average YA paperback costs AT LEAST 12 dollars if it's in English and that's if it's even available. https://twitter.com/authrcatlabadie/status/1359436030080913411
We usually have to wait years for the most popular releases to even arrive and they'd sooner translate them than get the originals. Libraries, the ones that still exist (since most were closed down before I even got to high school), mostly have research books/encyclopedias.
The used/old books from street sellers are classics and the like, no YA, no fantasy, no sci fi except in extremely extremely EXTREMELY rare cases.
Lgbt books? What are those? We don't know them. I will say that recently a bookstore got Heartstopper but that's really it???
Lgbt books? What are those? We don't know them. I will say that recently a bookstore got Heartstopper but that's really it???
But let's say ok, we still have bookstores, we can manage to get YA books even if a lot later. Where do you fit in eating? Other necessities that aren't bills? God forbid you like to read more than one book a month.
When I was a kid I used to put away-
When I was a kid I used to put away-
-any and all money I got, including food money to be able to buy books. I love buying books, I love supporting authors. I even have a 10+ year old Kindle passed down from my cousin. I'm insanely lucky that I was also surrounded by books growing up because my mother is a reader.
Not everyone is as lucky as me. I could still buy 6 proper cooked meals for the price of ONE YA paperback just because it's in English. So no, this definitely isn't catered to each country because then books wouldn't be that expensive.
And some ebooks are cheap (hallelujah)-
And some ebooks are cheap (hallelujah)-
-but others are barely any different from their paperback prices.
There are free ebooks on Kindle, I will give you that. But it's not very nice when it's mostly short books that have cliffhanger endings and 15 more books after the free one (speaking for genres I like here).
There are free ebooks on Kindle, I will give you that. But it's not very nice when it's mostly short books that have cliffhanger endings and 15 more books after the free one (speaking for genres I like here).
I'm also aware of sites like the bookdepository which does ship to me and I'm so happy they have free shipping and generally lower prices than local bookstores and a much larger variety. I'm not at the end of the world but it still takes books up to 2 months to arrive.
What's someone in a similar situation supposed to do? I have enough books on hand that I can wait 2 months but is someone else just supposed to give up reading?
Reading is more than just a hobby for most people, it helped us grow into the people we are today. Where would we-
Reading is more than just a hobby for most people, it helped us grow into the people we are today. Where would we-
-be if we didn't have fictional characters to help us through our hard times?
I can promise you that if someone pirates a book and they love it, they're going to tell their friends about it (they won't shut up about it) and those friends are going to buy it and tell their-
I can promise you that if someone pirates a book and they love it, they're going to tell their friends about it (they won't shut up about it) and those friends are going to buy it and tell their-
-friends and so on. And the original person is going to save up and buy it, maybe even special editions.
Reading should be accessible to everyone, that's the whole point, I already talked too much.
This was not the proper way to promote your books, btw, you could've been nice.
Reading should be accessible to everyone, that's the whole point, I already talked too much.
This was not the proper way to promote your books, btw, you could've been nice.
