The capital Dhaka's second-hand book markets are losing their decades-old attraction and 'prestige' as the usual rush of book lovers has fallen drastically over the years thanks to rapid technological advancement that emerged as an alternative source of the knowledge seekers, traders said.
Traders, especially at Nilkhet and Banglabazar old book markets, are counting sharp decline in sales due to what they said lack of reading habit and growing reluctance to buy second-hand original books, the place of which have largely been taken by pirated and cheap photo-copied books.
The book sellers have also identified frequent changes of academic syllabuses and the education policy as hindrances to the growth of old books' sales - when it comes to academic books.
"We have seen crowds of buyers even five to six years ago which has now dropped alarmingly," Shimul, an old-book trader at Nilkhet's Islamia Market, told the FE.
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