I like to go into bookstores and see what the "hot sellers" are because they tell you a lot about what an area is thinking. I can't read Bahasa but some of the books don't take much imagination and once I had a translator.
The hot books in indonesia are about love, weight loss, being more religious, gossip, health, parenting, and making more money -- just like in the United States.
The difference is in the political book section. There the books seem to focus on how awful the US is, how great Ahmadinejād is, and Barack Obama.
One shelf featured five books (prominent -- I wasn't searching in the back) in order
Bush/Hitler a Comparison
a translation of Obama's memoirs "The Audacity of Hope" which translates into "The Audacity of Hope"
A book called "Ahmadinejād" Nuclear Savior
An Ahmadinejād comic book for kids
A book covering the mass murders caused by American presidents since Truman
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