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By the way, Paul, did you hear the news this week that Lightning Source International (parent body Ingram's is the biggest book distributor on the planet) is opening a print and dispatch depot in Australia in June 2011? As far as paperback is concerned, this could be a huge bonus to you both.
We've used LSI for eight years and their product and service is tip top. But with bases in the UK and US, it's meant high shipping costs and mail delay getting books to buyers Down Under. LS has been talking about an Australian base for seven years, but every time we asked, they said that plans were on 'indefinite hold'. Then they sprang this on us out of the blue.
We were in the throes of closing a deal with an Oz printer when the news broke on Thursday. Of course there's now no need. The new LS Oz will save us weeks of technical work, perhaps years it would have taken to build a retail base in Australasia from the ground up, an accountancy nightmare ... and many, many thousands of dollars.
Cheers. Neil
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