Absolutely. We moved from Aus to NZ in 1988 as my mum took up a position at the national library. She was always complaining about how expensive books were comparatively. I've been back in Australia for 20-odd years, but I did occasionally travel back, ironically to sell books to the universities. One of the last times I was there I was struck by the fact that there was only one bookshop I could find in the Auckland CBD, and while Unity books is by any objective standard well stocked and curated, it was outrageously expensive.