Halo ASEAN Buddies...
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A few weeks ago I accidentally found a book bazaar near my house. It just so happened that there was a publisher near my house so when I was traveling I would definitely pass through this area. I was really excited when I found out that it was a book bazaar event. So, after having a lot of time I stopped by the event.
This Book Bazaar is called Semesta Buku (Universe of Book) which is held by a publishing company called Kompas Gramedia. It is predictable that there will be many books at this event. I intended to open a consignment service, but it seems that it will not work because there are so many books there, I can't handle them. So I just look for books that are suitable to be my reference material in writing.
It was already evening when I arrived there and people were already crowding each box. I kept walking from one box to another and found many books that were indeed familiar. I also found books from my author friends. However, I was shocked to find out that the prices of offstore books are now so expensive. When I calculated it, after adding the discount, it was still quite expensive, so I decided not to buy one of the books from the authors I knew.
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I moved on to other boxes of books in the hope of finding the right book, but I couldn't find it either. Going around box after box was fun but the fun subsided when I found out the price of the book was still not within my budget to buy books.
In one month, I only have a budget of under IDR 100K for 1 book. So, the books there couldn't make me excited to take them home.
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Even so, I continued strolling around the bazaar until I found this part. Apparently, Pramoedya Ananta Toer has been working for a century. That's amazing.
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I haven't visited a book bazaar for a long time because of lack of information and sometimes the bazaar is held when I have a work schedule so I always miss it. After seeing books in offline stores for so long, I feel like I just felt a culture shock because the price of books is so expensive now. I used to sell books from bazaars, now it seems better to find out for yourself from online bookstores than buying directly at the bazaar.
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Vivie Hardika
Hi, Halo, Annyeong! Welcome to my galaxy.
I have so much imagination in my head. Something that I can't achieve as a human and as a girl. So writing is very challenging. Since Junior High School, I have written whatever I want to write. Without skill, I just write what I want to read. Now I have 12th published novels and all of those are romance.
Yeah, I proudly say that I am a passionate author, traveler wannabe, and blogger.