The Write Stuff

Bookstores selling imported books are springing up all over. Because of the hefty prices, they need added attractions.

March 13, 2001

Milan Kundera, Arief Budiman, Y.B. Mangunwijaya. When you log onto www.aksara.com, these names dissolve onto the screen. The Kemang-based bookstore sells foreign and Indonesian books side by side, without any problems. Established in 1997 and officially opened a month ago, it joins the small number of bookstores selling imported books in Jakarta: Times Bookstore (Pondok Indah Mall and Plaza Indonesia), QB World Books (Jl. Sunda and Plaza Senay

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