Would love to join in the discussion, if you guys don,t mind :-)

I am inclined to say that we we do not have enough distributors.

The distributors are limited; Kino, Mph, Popular.
The smaller bookstores have closed shops due to their inability to fight against the better known names.

What this mean is that the books brouht to Malaysia are determined by these distributors. They certainly go for the bestsellers and well known names, which means the number of books ain't that much.

Just my two cents observation

I don't think Internet is to blame.

So long as things are read, it would mean the same : reading.

Whether it is via blog, online news, forums, etc, it is also called as reading.

Reading does not need to mean only paperback/hardcover books.

If there s thing to blame, it is : FB, Twitter, and Instagram. LOL