Cause Malaysians don't read, so have to do stupid things to lure them into bookshops

kino > all

kenot flip through books, they wrap all of em. so all this fancy design is just that, nice to look at.

This post has been edited by dagnarus: Oct 30 2021, 06:15 PM

Malaysian's don't read? Pre-pandemic all the Big Bad Wolf sales I've been too have been packed.

Only buy books on Kindle nowadays.

nah. i believe its because average malaysian dont have the extra cash to spend on books. malaysian doesnt read is a myth.

physical books too expensive.

ebooks all the way

I used to love the large Borders stores. Now only Kino is left for me.
Big Bad Wolf doesn't have the books I want unfortunately.

Yea right “e” books 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️⛴⛴

This post has been edited by KekTart: Oct 30 2021, 06:37 PM

meh bookxcess
design apalanjiao modern pon still a meh bookstore
cheaper price but book availability is terrible

bookxcess and big bad wolf event only gud for finding/discovering some random books that maybe will be interesting read

we demand subsidy for books...lotsa book cost rm 70-200 , who can afford??

They typically prefer TV tiktok YouTube etc to books for entertainment

Of course there are a few exceptions

But by and large Malaysians don't read for entertainment. We spend more time watching TV or crapping political shit on /k or equivalent

BBW typically attracts the same old bookworms and isn't that successful, not for a 10 million pax potential market in KV.

strange.. read a lot but still retarded as fck lel..

I don't like the smell of too many books in the house.

end up all sohai not going in buy book read book, all take photo upload facebook

boleh tahan berapo lama??

Any good books or its typical popular/mph books

That also only how many % of population only

Most buy books to do LHDN cutoff aje. Most buy later become diorama at house makan habuk..

same goes for almost every country on earth

It's fun to read and such with low cost. But the problem with bookexcess is that thier book quality is very much stick to learning better language in general and very little good quality technical books to up skills for other sector.

It's build with dumpster book in mind where you need to dig through a ton of stuff just to get a few good ones.

You see a lot of auntie buy books from bbw not because they are a good read, but the nature of thick book at a low price that attract them to buy for either resell or donate to orphan.

Bought super cheap Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and Harry Potter Box Set at bookxcess

Cuci wang?

But book is good thing. I seldom read but when i read, when im into the story of the book, I can't stop

Hardly to the same degree

SG for example I find more literate than we are, proportionately. Lots more books and lots more turnover. And they have their own BBW too.

Bookxcess firstly is the Reject Shop/FOS model where they dump a lot of unsold books. Secondly they focus on entertainment. So there would be very few "technical" books. Usually you'd get those from university and specialist sellers.

But I went to this shop and saw they have a lot of coffee table books.

This.

Tengok body also tatoo sini sana.

Btw, BookXcess sucks

some people dress like Steve Jobs thinks himself is a smartass like Steve Jobs

but actually are retards.

BookXcess is just a gimmick.



so high up, how to see its book covers

and its full of nonsense books. do it even have the basic programming for dummies, VB.NET for dummies?

The designer is a highly praised ID. I love their work very much. Especially Blonde and Jibby by the Park. My favourite place to hangout.

wasting space. Not effective space planning.

BookXcess sucks btw.

Yes, their books are cheap which u can get below RM20, but the collections that available are really bad.

I'm a big fan of fiction books such as thrillers, horrors. But majority of the genre books that available mostly full with trash/unreadable books.

I bought Kindle Paperwhite(e-reader) at Shopee that cost me RM700++ and I can buy latest books from Amazon or alternative website to download books for free.

I won't pay RM50-100 for 1 paperback/hardcover books.

Government bising orang Malaysia tak suka membaca, but they dont even bother to put more budget to our local libraries, provide subsidy to purchase new books etc

But instead spending on unnecessary things such as giving RM150 E Wallet to students. Priority ke laut.

Aku singgah last week nak cari buku, while bini sibuk shopping kat Spotlight, penuh awek-awek dok busy rakam TikTok and amik selfie dowh.

I think mostly just discarded books or books that are not popular. That how they manage to sell them cheap. I try to go through them, cant find anything interesting. In contrast if go kinokuniya, I can find tons of book of interest which I wish I can get.

The other day while searching The Crysalids by John Wyndham after seeing Kino selling then at almost 100, Google suggested get them from BookXcess for about 20. Sebab tu singgah MyTown branch. Sekali tengok jadi sarang TikTok and Insta girls.

kino books more mainstream and recent.. only gripe is price.
book xcess one dunno stock all dated one... juz wait for big bad wolf..

its akin to B grade muvie direct to cable/satellite.. a lot of titles and author never heard b4.

i went to book xcess cyber one 3x alrd.. each time also came out empty handed. nothing interest me.
while enter kino randomly.. lowest also spend rm40.. highest single purchase rm400.

This post has been edited by lee_lnh: Oct 30 2021, 08:56 PM

the design got warm and dark feeeling, like books of fiction to be explore

but abit dry to me...even with japan sandbox..

lighting is marvellous.



This post has been edited by Syie9^_^: Oct 30 2021, 09:00 PM

exactly... it is designed for ig/tiktok.

the stoned path macam purposely designed to anti wheelchair.

really?

where is that?

Yeah

You know where's a bookstore that really feels like a bookstore for readers? MPH Midvalley.

closed d.

the floor look dusty...prob need to mop often

I normally buy books from.bookdepository

1 book around RM50-90 and still cheaper than local bookstore

Quite worth it

Mostly read non fiction

true
but if want to find or discover some random books that maybe interesting to read, better go to old 2nd hand bookshops or borrow from library saja
go big black wolf oso not good bcos super crowded

Blonde is at The Republic Damansara Height, Jibby by the Park is at Desa Park City. Very nice place to hangout.

boleh tahan the ID. also got makan at blonde b4.

check out kloe also. got nice vibe there

Just use kindle. Light and all the book you need at your fingertips.

Also no need waste time of using bookmark.

I haven't tried Kloe yet. I personally know the owner of Blonde, she is a very nice and gorgeous Malay lady. Very high class people to be honest. She treated me to try her restaurant last time when it was first opened.

Yep... sad...

So go there only good for post insta selfie

Ok

I probably go there ones to take photo

see how long can last.

i suggest u check up booko.com.au.

Can check all around the world too

This post has been edited by Syie9^_^: Oct 30 2021, 11:25 PM

Nice look. But that place not nice access.

okie okie! will get datess go there

really?

That's my first thought too, I fail to see how this is going to be profitable. I'd love to look at their financial statements.

thinking to buy kindle too but not a fan of their physical button clicky thing to turn page

in your opinion really no eye strain anot? cause that’s the only kindle selling point for me, cause cannot read encyclopaedia in it

You can bring girls to either one of these cafe. Girls love this kind of vibes.

The bookstores that I visited in the US many years ago used to have cafes and areas where they had performances and signings on weekends. Sadly, many have closed down.

Glad to see something nice coming up in Malaysia, but sure about the sustainability.

I mostly browse these bookstores to check out new titles to download to read on my Kindle. It's very hard to find more obscure books or complete series since they tend to only stock that stuff that actually sells.

Wut. You know all the Kindles are fully touchscreen nowadays? You just tap the screen to turn the page. It's not like 5 years ago where the cheapest standard Kindle had buttons to turn the page and didn't have a built in light. Now all the Kindles come with these features. It's only the more expensive Kindle Oasis that has buttons nowadays for the oldfags that prefer physical buttons. Even then you can still tap to turn the page. It's not an LCD screen so you won't have any eye strain unless you've got a special disease that causes eye strain from reading a book in the first place

ok

Cannot la

Bookdepo still cheaper

I generally browse and buy nonfiction books that have won either Pulitzer prize or Baillie Gifford prize , or come up in the shortlist. Sometimes I'll even browse those books that people recommend to be in the running.

Like emperor of maladies
Or fifth extinction
Guns germs and steel

Interesting books la.

gotsell master q..?

No eye strain compared with LCD/OLED screens like laptop/monitors or iPad. Also, it helps you focus on the reading. with iPad, you tend to stray to doing other things.


I got a Kindle Oasis. Strangely when you think of the ebook reader, you think wanting like iPad, full touch screen. But then after awhile, you prefer having the physical page turn buttons like Kindle Oasis.

Maybe it's different for everyone but there's a market for physical page turn buttons. Look at the latest Kobo Sage for instance or Boox Nova air (which purposely had a cover casing that's having physical page turn buttons.

there was Pay Less Books, then Borders cheap sale if lucky kena favourite author, 1c used stuff from Amazon circa low USD 2014-2016, then BBW warehouse sales and Book Depository as of late. Kino, Mahal Punya Harga still atas. Ayam poor.

Very true.. BBW sift thru for hours then only think think is it worth to gamble on new-to-me author. Sometimes got gems but book availability sucks.
BBW outcome like lifting dumbbells
It was good to fill in the blanks for favourite author stuff that I didn't manage to cover.

Last time rebate then become relief, tax incentive became more useless

This post has been edited by ceo684: Oct 31 2021, 02:28 AM

sell overprinted books jer.

This post has been edited by iSean: Oct 31 2021, 03:28 AM

you mean girl + girl?

u really go seen the link edi or not?

it is just a website to aggregate pricing and find cheapest bookshelferrrr who have them.but not all.

Bookdepo also in it.

Hahaha, I mean if you are guy, it is a good idea to bring girl there. Confirm they will like the environment.

But if you are girl, also can geh.

Overpriced coffee. Small dining spot

Yes I have but the link doesn't factor in shipping so u need click one by one

Whereas BookDepo have free shipping clearly stated so you can't just take the price at face value

okie..but sometime bookdepo still more well, costly.

i like (-) shipping rate

ok babe!

sorry ayam chinese books reader.

Membaca bukan budaya kita
Tldr je

Mmmm… I still feel if it’s a bookstore, kinokuniya klcc is probably lots better as a bookstore (and also it’s collection) . Eye level book racks (except on perimeters) and line of sight is such an important thing. I really don’t get why ppl stack so high until u need ladders. Library maybe, but book store? Safety first….

I Donno about the one in mytown, but the book access in KL EAST is filled with fire hazard situations with tight staircases, not clear line of sight to exit n such. Looks “nice” but terrible by usage. It’s always unclear where everything is once u go way in.

Design is design, but Don’t forget fire requirements yo, Especially in a place filled with books.